Heavy metal concentrations in plants growing in crude oil contaminated soil in Akwa Ibom State, south-eastern Nigeria

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 465-470

  Essiett, U A ^a   Effiong, G S ^a   Ogbemudia, F O ^a   Bruno, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Crude oil; Heavy metal; Nigeria; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; PETROLEUM; SELENIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODA SCANDENS; DISSOTIS ERECTA; FIELD STUDY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PITYROGRAMMA CALOMELANOS; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MYOSURUS; SOIL POLLUTION; URENA LOBATA;

EID: 77957688481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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