Components of antioxidative system in Allium cepa as the toxicity monitor of trichloroethylene (TCE)

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-84

  Tabrez, Shams ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allium Cepa; Antioxidant Enzymes; Cycloheximide; Indicators; Metabolites; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; ANTIOXIDATIVE SYSTEM; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; CYCLOHEXIMIDES; DE-GREASING; DEHYDROASCORBATE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONES; INDICATORS; MONODEHYDROASCORBATE REDUCTASE; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASES; TCE CONCENTRATIONS;

ANESTHETICS; CATALYSTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANTIOXIDANT; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INHIBITOR; METABOLITE; MONOCOTYLEDON; TOXICITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 78649428166     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2010.498375     Document Type: Article

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