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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 247072, 10 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/247072
Research Article

Toxicity Assessment of Expired Pesticides to Green Algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

G. Satyavani,1 G. Chandrasehar,1 K. Krishna Varma,1 A. Goparaju,1 S. Ayyappan,1 P. Neelakanta Reddy,2 and P. Balakrishna Murthy1

1Toxicology, International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology (IIBAT), Padappai, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu 601301, India
2Bio-organic Chemistry, Central Leather Research Institute, Adayar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 020, India

Received 26 August 2012; Accepted 1 October 2012

Academic Editors: F. Fernández-Piñas and G. J. McBean

Copyright © 2012 G. Satyavani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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