Mobile phone radiation inhibits Vigna radiata (mung bean) root growth by inducing oxidative stress

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5543-5547

  Sharma, Ved Parkash ^a   Singh, Harminder Pal ^a   Kohli, Ravinder Kumar ^a   Batish, Daizy Rani ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cell phone; Electromagnetic field radiations (EMFr); Oxidative damage; Oxidative stress markers; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES; CELL PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD RADIATIONS (EMFR); OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

AIR POLLUTION; ALDEHYDES; BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSTS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOBILE PHONES; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; RADIATION EFFECTS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOBILE PHONE; MUNG BEAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT STRESS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROOT GROWTH; SMOG; UPREGULATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLULAR PHONE; FABACEAE; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; UP-REGULATION;

VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 70249123044     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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