Toxicity assessment of a common laundry detergent using the freshwater flagellate Euglena gracilis

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1392-1400

  Azizullah, Azizullah ^a   Richter, Peter ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ariel detergent; Chlorophyll; Euglena gracilis; Gravitaxis; Motility; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLEANING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POINT CONTACTS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); TOXICITY; WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CONCENTRATION OF LIGHT; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GRAVITAXIS; MOTILITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NO-OBSERVED-EFFECT-CONCENTRATIONS; SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; DETERGENT;

ACCLIMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHLOROPHYLL; DETERGENT; DOMESTIC WASTE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MOTILITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SWIMMING; TOXICITY TEST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FLAGELLATE; FLOW RATE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; INCUBATION TIME; LAUNDRY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; QUANTUM YIELD; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 79961208613     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.068     Document Type: Article

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