Biomonitoring potentials of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by higher plants from an oil exploration site, Nigeria

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 759-764

  Sojinu, O Samuel ^a   Sonibare, Oluwadayo O ^b   Ekundayo, O ^b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^c  

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Higher plants; Non woody annuals and perennial; Phytoremediators; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DETECTION LIMITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGHER PLANTS; NIGERIA; NON-WOODY ANNUALS AND PERENNIAL; OIL EXPLORATION; PERENNIAL PLANTS; PHYTOREMEDIATORS; PLANT SAMPLES; POLLUTED SITES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; TARGET COMPOUND;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS PLANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOMONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGHER PLANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NIGERIA; PETROLEUM; PLANTS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

NIGERIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77957860812     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.104     Document Type: Article

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