Arsenic uptake by plants and possible phytoremediation applications: A brief overview

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-224

  Vithanage, Meththika ^a   Dabrowska, Beata B ^b   Mukherjee, Arun B ^c   Sandhi, Arifin ^d   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arsenic toxicity; Bioaccumulation; Bioconcentration; Bioremediation; Biosorption; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSORPTION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC TOXICITY; ARSENIC UPTAKE; BIOCONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR LEVELS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT WATER; PLANTS CELLS; SOIL WATER; TRANSLOCATION; WATER SYSTEM;

BIOREMEDIATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84865403564     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-011-0349-8     Document Type: Review

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