A simple method for estimation of sulphur in nanoformulations by UV spectrophotometry

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1542-1546

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Nair, Kishore Kumar ^a   Alam, Md Imteyaz ^a   Gogoi, Robin ^a   Singh, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Srivastava, Chitra ^a   Yadav, Saurabh ^a   Gopal, Madhuban ^a   Chaudhary, Samarat Roy ^b   Pradhan, Saheli ^b   Goswami, Arunava ^b  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Nanoformulations; Polyethylene glycol; Synthetic fungicides; UV spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958816002     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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