Raising environmental awareness through applied biochemistry laboratory experiments

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 341-347

  Salman Ashraf, S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Dyes; Environment; Enzymes; Hands on learning; Laboratory experiment; Laboratory instruction; Peroxidase; Remediation; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PEROXIDASE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY; METABOLISM; PH; STUDENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LABORATORIES; PEROXIDASES; STUDENTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884962258     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20717     Document Type: Article

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