The potential of the flora from different regions of Pakistan in phytoremediation: A review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 801-812

  Kamran, Muhammad Aqeel ^a   Amna, ^a   Mufti, Rabia ^a   Mubariz, Nadia ^a   Syed, Jabir Hussain ^a   Bano, Asghari ^a   Javed, Muhammad Tariq ^b   Munis, Muhammad Farooq Hussain ^a   Tan, Zhiyuan ^c   Chaudhary, Hassan Javed ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Flora; Pakistan; Phytoremediation; Soil pollution; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

PAKISTAN;

BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; PAKISTAN; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PAKISTAN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84891587928     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2187-7     Document Type: Review

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