Validation of plant based bioassays for the toxicity testing of Indian waters

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 241-253

  Siddiqui, Athar Habib ^a   Tabrez, Shams ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allium cepa test; Genotoxicity; Seed germination test; Toxicity; Water

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DINITROPHENOL; ALLIUM CEPA; ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES; GENOTOXICITIES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLICS; PLANT BIOASSAYS; RIVER WATER; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; SEED GERMINATION; SEED GERMINATION TEST; TEST RANGE; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICITY TESTING;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CULTIVATION; HEAVY METALS; METALS; PHENOLS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEED; SEWAGE; TESTING; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

HEAVY WATER;

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; CHROMOSOME; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; GERMINATION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHENOL; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ALLIUM CEPA TEST; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CABBAGE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MILLET; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHYTOTOXICITY; SEED GERMINATION TEST; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERMINATION; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; MUTAGENS; ONIONS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIA;

ALLIUM CEPA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 79960384691     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1732-9     Document Type: Article

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