Toxic effect of cadmium and catalase activity in the corms of Crocus sativus L.

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 739, Issue , 2007, Pages 443-449

  Hadizadeh, M ^a   Keyhani, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Laboratory for Life Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Heavy metals; Root elongation; ROS; Saffron

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 70449120164     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.739.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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