Cytogenetic effects of Peganum harmala extract on maize root tips

Cytologia

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-291

  Abderrahman, Salim M ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Harmel; Mitosis; Mitotic abnormalities; Peganum harmala; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

PEGANUM HARMALA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031667803     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.63.283     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Abdallah, S., Abu Zarga, M., Afifi, F., Al-Khalil, S. and Sabri, S. 1988. Effect of hispidulin, a flavone isolated from Inula viscosa on isolated guinea pig smooth muscles. Gen. Pharmacol 19: 559-563.
2. Abd EL Tawab, S. 1983. Chemical study of Cantharanthus roseus G. Don cultivated in Egypt and cytological effect of some isolated constituents. M. Sc. Thesis, Ain Shams Univ. Egypt.
3. Abderrahman, S. M. 1997. Effect of Peganum harmala extract on root tips of Allium cepa. Cytobios 90: 171-174.
4. Abu EI Khier, Z. A. and Abu EI Khier, G. M. 1992. Cytological effects of certain active constituents of Peganum harmala L. I. Effects of harmol and harmine alkaloids on mitosis of Allium cepa. J. King Saud Univ. Science 4(1): 37-45.
5. Adam, Z. M. and Rashad, T. R. 1984. Cytological effects of water extracts of medical plants. I. Influence of Ammi majus extract on root tips of Vicia faba. Cytologia 49: 265-271.
6. Ahmed, A., Khan, K. A., Sultana, S., Siddiqui, B. S., Begum, S., Faizi, S. and Siddiqui, S. 1992. Study of the in vitro antimicrobial activity of harmine, harmaline and their derivatives. J. Ethnopharmacol. Limerick. Elsevier Scientific Publ. 35(3): 289-294.
7. Al-Shamma, A., Darke, S., Flymn, D. L., Mitscher, L. A., Park, Y. H., Rao, G. S. R., Simpson, A., Sawayze, J. K., Veysoglu, T. and Wu, S. T. S. 1981. Antimicrobial agents from Peganum harmala seeds. J. Nat. Prod. 44(6): 745-747.
8. Aqel, A. and Hadidi, M. 1991. Direct relaxant effect of Peganum harmala seed extract on smooth muscles of rabbit and guinea pig. Int. J. Pharmacognosy. 29(3): 176-182.
9. Buiatti, M. and Ronchi, V. N. 1969. Effect of cycloheximide and chloramphenicol on 6-methyl coumarin induced chromosome breakage in Allium cepa. Caryologia 22: 375-378.
10. Dysson, G. 1968. Antimitotic substances. Inter. Rev. of Cytol. 24: 99-148.
11. El-Bayoumi, A. S., Kabarity, A. and Habib, A. 1979. Cytological effect of papaverine hydrochloride on root tips of Allium cepa L. Cytologia 44: 745-755.
12. El-Khodary, S. E. 1980. Differential effect of the growth retarding chemical B.995 on mitosis. Proc. Egypt. Acad. Sci. 33: 179-188.
13. Evans, H. 1962. Chromosomes aberrations induced by ionizing radiations. Inter. Rev. of Cytol. 13: 221-321.
14. Harsh, M. L. and Nag, T. N. 1984. Antimicrobial principles from in vitro tissue culture of Peganum harmala. J. Nat. Prod. (2): 365-367.
15. Horn, J. D. 1973. Somatic association and an organized nucleus in Zea mays L. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
16. _ 1974. Cycloheximide affected metaphase morphology in maize. Maize Genet. Cop. News Lett. 48: 167.
17. Jin, Y. J. 1990. Effects of harmaline and fluroracial on human retinoblastoma cell line SO-Rb50. Chung. Hua. Yen. Ko. Tsa. Chin. 26(5): 286-288.
18. Kabarity, A. 1966. Introduction of multipolar spindles in the meiosis of Triticum aestivum as affected by acetone. Cytologia 31: 457-460.
19. _, El-Bayoumi, A. and Habib, A. A. 1974. Effects of morphine sulphate on mitosis of Allium cepa root tips. Bot Phint. 16(4): 275-282.
20. _ and Malallah, G. 1980. Mitodepressive effect of khat extract in the meristematic region of Allium cepa root tips. Cytologiu 45: 733-738.
21. Kamel, A. 1966. Effects of khat extract on the development of chick embryo. The Fifth Arab Science Congress. Baghdad: 587-610.
22. Kumar, S. and Kunwar, K. B. 1972. Chromosome abnormalities in cannabis addicts. J. Ass. Physicians. India 19: 193-195.
23. Levan, A. 1938. Effects of colchinine on root mitosis in. Allium. Hereditas 24: 471-486.
24. Li, O. W., Liang, P. G. and Pan, G. Y. 1995. Radioprotective effect of gamma-harmine and its carboline analogues. Yao. Hsueh. Hsueh. Pao. 30(9): 715-717.
25. Lin, M. S. 1973. Chromosomal aberrations in relation to the nuclear cycle in Zea mays L. Ph. D. thesis, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
26. Mitochison, J. M. 1971. The Biology of the Cell Cycle. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 216-233.
27. Mohammed, I. F. 1986. Cytological effect of the insecticide cypermetherin on the plants Vicia faba and Allium cepa, M. Sc. Thesis. Ain Shams Univ. Egypt.
28. Omari, Y. L., Shraideh, Z. A. and Abderrahman, S. M. 1996. Mitodepressive effect of khat Catha edulis on bone marrow of mice. Biomedical Letters 54: 69-72.
29. Qureshi, S., Tariq, M., Parmar, N. S. and Al-Meshal, I. A. 1988. Cytological effect of khat (Catha edulis) in somatic and male germ cells of mice. Drug Chem. Toxicol. 11: 151-165.
30. Rønne, M. 1977a. In vitro induction of G bands with cycloheximide. Hereditas 86: 107-110.
31. _ 1977b. In vitro induction of uncoiled chromosomes. Hereditas 86: 111-114.
32. Rose, R. J. 1970. The effect of eycloheximide on cell division in partially synchronized plant cells. Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 23: 573-582.
33. Saad, E. I. and Rifaie, M. 1980. Peganum hermala. Its use in certain dermatoses. Inter. J. Dermatol. 19(4): 221-222.
34. Shapira, Z., Terkel, J., Egozi, Y., Nyska, A. and Friedman, J. 1989. Abortifacient potential for epigeal parts of Peganum harmala L. Ethnophermacol. 27(3): 319-325.
35. Shehab, A. S. 1980. Cytological effects of medicinal plants in Quatar. II. Mitotic effect of water extract of Teucrium pilosam on Allium cepa. Cytologia 45: 57-64.
36. _ 1982. Mitotic effects of some cyanine dyes. Cytologia 47: 1-6.
37. Stenchever, M. A., Kunysz, T. J. and Alien, M. A. 1974. Chromosome breakage in users of marihuana. Am. J. Obstet. Rynecol. 118(1): 106-113.
38. Tuliaganov, N., Sadritdinov, F. S. and Suleimanova, G. A. 1986. Pharmacological characteristics of deoxypeganine hydrochloride. Farmakol. Toksikol. 49(3): 37-40.
39. Tyson, J., Garcia-Herdugo, G. and Sachsenmaier, W. 1979. Control of nuclear division in Physarum polycephalum. Exp. Cell. Res. 119: 87-98.
40. Verma, R. S. 1972. Nuclear cycle in maize (Zea mays) root tips. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
41. _ and Lin, M. S. 1978. Chemically induced alterations of the nuclear cycle and chromosomes in meristem cells of maize. J. Hered. 69: 285-294.