In vivo nanotoxicity assays in plant models

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 926, Issue , 2012, Pages 399-410

  Kumari, Mamta ^a   Ernest, Vinita ^a   Mukherjee, Amitava ^a   Chandrasekaran, Natarajan ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Allium cepa root cells; Biochemical; Cytotoxicity; FTIR; Genotoxicity; Nano zinc oxide particles; Silver nanoparticles; Toxicity to seeds; Uptake studies

Indexed keywords

DNA; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CUCUMBER; CYTOTOXICITY; DISPERSION; ECOTOXICITY; FOOD CHAIN; GERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAIZE; METAPHASE; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT MODEL; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMATO; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84934438223     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-2-1_26     Document Type: Article

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