Genotoxicity testing of some spices in diploid yeast

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-38

  Chughtai, Sajjad R ^a,b   Ahmad, Masooma A ^b   Naseem, Khalid ^a,b   Mohmand, Akbar S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

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