Assesment of some heavy metals in wild type and cultivated purslane (portulaca oleracea L.) and soils in Istanbul, Turkey

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2181-2189

  Osma, Etem ^a   Ozyigit, Ibrahim Ilker ^b   Demir, Goksel ^c   Yasar, Ulkuhan ^d  

^a ERZINCAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BARTIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Istanbul; Plant; Portulaca oleracea L

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; HEAVY METAL; MEDICINAL PLANT; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SOIL TEST; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE;

EID: 84928334709     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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