Phytoremediation: Potential flora for synthetic dyestuff metabolism

Dumping of dye-laden effluents into different environmental compartments adversely affects equilibrium and integrity of ecological systems. Being genotoxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic these dyes are quite damaging to health of biota (either aquatic or terrestrial). Many of these dyes are resistant t...

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Main Authors: Uruj Tahir, Azra Yasmin, Umair Hassan Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364715000671