Heavy metal bioaccumulation in selected medicinal plants collected from Khetri copper mines and comparison with those collected from fertile soil in Haridwar, India

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-181

  Maharia, R S ^a   Dutta, R K ^a   Acharya, R ^b   Reddy, A V R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Bioaccumulation factor; Heavy metals; Instrumental neutron activation analysis; Medicinal plants; Metalliferous soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; METALLIFEROUS SOIL; SOIL TOXICITY;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER MINES; ESSENTIAL OILS; LEAD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; MINING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TOXICITY; VANADIUM; ZINC;

METAL ANALYSIS;

COPPER;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINE; MINE DRAINAGE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

COPPER; INDIA; MINING; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

HARIDWAR; INDIA; KHETRI COPPER BELT; RAJASTHAN; UTTARAKHAND;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CASSIA FISTULA; FISTULA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; SENNA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 77649165858     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601230903472249     Document Type: Article

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