A study on the cytological impact of water extract of Gloriosa superba L. on Allium cepa L. root tips
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https://doi.org/10.69980/jaz.v41i01-02.5435Keywords:
Gloriosa superba, Allium cepa, polyploidy, vaculation, anaphase bridge, anphase clumping, nuclear cleavage, sticky anaphase, C-metaphase, mutation.Abstract
The present study aimed to evaluate the cytological impact of the aqueous extract of Gloriosa superba L. on the root tip meristematic cells of Allium cepa L. using the Allium test, a well established bioassay for assessing cytotoxicity and genotoxicity. Cytological analysis of Allium cepa roots treated with Gloriosa superba corm extract , show cytological abnormalities such as polyploidy, binucleate condition, cytoplasmic and nuclear variation, anaphase bridges, anphase clumping etc.
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