Mutagenicity and genotoxicity of tannery effluents used for irrigation at Kanpur, India

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1620-1628

  Zubair Alam, Mohammad ^a   Ahmad, Shamim ^b   Malik, Abdul ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ames Salmonella test; Dichloromethane; Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; Solvent; Tannery effluent; XA DGCMS

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

BIOASSAY; DNA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENOTOXICITY; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEATHER INDUSTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ALKANES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBAMATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYLS; SALMONELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIA; KANPUR; UTTAR PRADESH;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; SALMONELLA;

EID: 77957004073     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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