Developmental phytotoxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles to Arabidopsis thaliana

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 669-675

  Lee, Chang Woo ^a   Mahendra, Shaily ^a   Zodrow, Katherine ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Tsai, Yu Chang ^b   Braam, Janet ^b   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Metal oxide nanoparticles; Nanomaterials; Nanotoxicology; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON ORES; METAL RECOVERY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICA; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOXICITY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM OXIDES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DISSOLVED ZINC; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; ROOT ELONGATION; SEED GERMINATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC CONCENTRATION; ZINC DISSOLUTION; ZNO;

NANOPARTICLES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; MAGNETITE; METAL OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLLUTANT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANGIOSPERM; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GERMINATION; MAGNETITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SILICON; TOXICOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZINC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GERMINATION; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT GROWTH; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARABIDOPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GERMINATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77951126708     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.58     Document Type: Article

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