Bovine serum albumin mediated decrease in silver nanoparticle phytotoxicity: Root elongation and seed germination assay

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-98

  Ravindran, Aswathy ^a   Prathna, T C ^a   Verma, Vinod Kumar ^a   Chandrasekaran, N ^a   Mukherjee, Amitava ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

bovine serum albumin; ecosystem; silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs); toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ROOT ELONGATION; ROOT LENGTH; SEED GERMINATION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AG NPS); ZEA MAYS;

BODY FLUIDS; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; NANOPARTICLES; TOXICITY;

SILVER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; MAIZE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYTOTOXICITY; SERUM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

BOVINAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84858324786     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.617034     Document Type: Article

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