Genotoxicity of pentachlorophenol revealed by allium chromosome aberration assay

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 85-90

  Pavlica, Mirjana ^a   Vasilevska, Jasna ^a   Papeš, Dražena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Allium ascalonicum; Allium test; Chromosome aberration; Micronucleus; Pentachlorophenol; Plant genotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032337802     PISSN: 00015296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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