Effects of some medicinal plant extracts on vicia faba root tip chromosomes

Caryologia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-261

  Sobita, K ^a   Bhagirath, Th ^a  

^a MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clastogenic; Cytogenetic assay; Genotoxicity; Mitodepressant; Mitotic index

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS; KAEMPFERIA GALANGA; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM INDICUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 33751201818     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2005.10589460     Document Type: Article

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