Microcystins in groundwater wells and their accumulation in vegetable plants irrigated with contaminated waters in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 310-315

  Mohamed, Zakaria A ^a,b   Al Shehri, Abdulrahman M ^b  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cyanobacteria; Groundwater; MCYSTs; Vegetable plants

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED WATER; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRESH WEIGHT; GROUNDWATER WELLS; HEPATOTOXINS; MCYSTS; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; MICROCYSTINS; OSCILLATORIA; SAUDI ARABIA; VEGETABLE PLANTS; WELL WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CYANOGINOSIN YR; GROUND WATER; MICROCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMMUNOASSAY; PEPTIDE; PLANT; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA LIMENTICA; SAUDI ARABIA; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICROCYSTINS; PLANKTON; PLANTS; SAUDI ARABIA; VEGETABLES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; ASIR; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIA;

EID: 70350536286     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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