The possible effect of the bioaccumulation of disinfectant by-products on crops irrigated with treated wastewater

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1280-1287

  Akande, Babatunde C ^a   Ndakidemi, Patrick A ^a   Fatoki, Olalekan ^a   Odendaal, James ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Biomagnification; Chlorophyll; Metabolites; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis; Phytotoxicity; Seed germination; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROPHYLL; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FLAVONOID; GEOSMIN; HERBICIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SURFACE WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURE; APHANIZOMENON; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP PRODUCTION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMINATION; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLITE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; REDUCTION; REVIEW; STRESS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 77949701832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.041     Document Type: Review

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