Seed germination and biochemical profile of Silybum marianum exposed to monometallic and bimetallic alloy nanoparticles

IET Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 359-366

  Khan, Muhammad Salman ^a   Zaka, Mehreen ^a   Abbasi, Bilal Haider ^a   Rahman, Latifur ^a   Shah, Afzal ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COPPER ALLOYS; CULTIVATION; ENZYMES; GOLD ALLOYS; SEED; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

BIMETALLIC ALLOYS; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; PEROXIDASE ACTIVITIES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE ACTIVITIES; TOTAL PROTEIN CONTENTS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

ALLOY; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SILYBUM MARIANUM;

ALLOYS; GERMINATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MILK THISTLE; SEEDS;

EID: 85002245141     PISSN: 17518741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2015.0050     Document Type: Article

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