Sebertia acuminata : A Hyperaccumulator of Nickel from New Caledonia
- 13 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 193 (4253) , 579-580
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.193.4253.579
Abstract
Sebertia acuminata (Sapotaceae) from New Caledonia has been shown to be a hyperaccumulator of nickel. The nickel content of the latex (25.74 percent on a dry weight basis) is easily the highest nickel concentration ever found in living material. The nickel is in the form of a low-molecular-weight, water-soluble organic complex.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- A nickel-accumulating plant from Western AustraliaPlanta, 1972