Phytoremediation of 137Cs from low level nuclear waste using Catharanthus roseus

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 516-519

  Fulekar, M H ^a   Singh, Anamika ^a   Thorat, Vidya ^b   Kaushik, C P ^b   Eapen, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; Low level nuclear waste; Phytoremediation; Potential; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049287822     PISSN: 00195596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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