Simultaneous hyperaccumulation of arsenic and antimony in Cretan brake fern: Evidence of plant uptake and subcellular distributions

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-43

  Feng, Renwei ^a,b,c   Wei, Chaoyang ^a   Tu, Shuxin ^c   Tang, Shirong ^b   Wu, Fengchang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antimony accumulation; Arsenic accumulation; Hydroponic experiment; Interaction; Subcellular fractions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649634833     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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