Development of a naturally miniaturised testing method based on the mitochondrial activity of fern spores: A new higher plant bioassay

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 983-988

  Catala, Myriam ^a   Esteban, Marta ^b   Rodríguez Gil, José Luis ^a   Quintanilla, Luis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dryopteris guanchica; Phytotoxicity; Spore; Tetrazolium salts; Woodfern

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SALTS; TESTING;

DRYOPTERIS GUANCHICA; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; RESPIRATORY CHAINS; SPORE; WOODFERN;

MITOCHONDRIA;

POLYSORBATE 20; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

BIOASSAY; FERN; GAMETOPHYTE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALT; SPORE; TESTING METHOD; TOXICOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRYOPTERIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FERN SPORE; GAMETOPHYTE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS GUANCHICA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FILICOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 72049119094     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.080     Document Type: Article

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