Recent contributions to the study of phytochelatins with an analytical approach

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-145

  Serrano, Núria ^a   Díaz Cruz, José Manuel ^a   Ariño, Cristina ^a   Esteban, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical technique; Chemometrics; Detoxification; Heavy metal ion; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Phytochelatin; Phytoremediation; Size exclusion chromatography; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPLEXATION; DETOXIFICATION; DIRECT INJECTION; HEAVY METALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL IONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VOLTAMMETRY;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; CHEMOMETRICS; COMPLEXATION MECHANISMS; HEAVY METAL DETOXIFICATIONS; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; PHYTOCHELATINS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PHYTOCHELATIN;

AMPEROMETRY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84943526167     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.04.031     Document Type: Review

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