Behavior of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE-209) in the soil-plant system: Uptake, translocation, and metabolism in plants and dissipation in soil

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 663-667

  Huang, Honglin ^a   Zhang, Shuzhen ^a   Christie, Peter ^c   Wang, Sen ^a   Xie, Mei ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; IN-PLANTS; LIPID CONTENT; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PLANT SAMPLES; PLANT SPECIES; ROOT UPTAKE; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL PLANT SYSTEMS; SUMMER SQUASH; TRANSLOCATION FACTOR;

ETHERS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

SOILS;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; DISSIPATION; ETHER; FATTY ACID; LIPID; METABOLISM; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TRANSLOCATION;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEBROMINATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PLANT; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PUMPKIN; RADISH; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

BROMOBENZENES; FLAME RETARDANTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LOLIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 74949140732     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901860r     Document Type: Article

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