Anti-mitotic and anti-genotoxic effects of Plantago lanceolata aqueous extract on Allium cepa root tip meristem cells

Biologia

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 693-697

  Aşkin Çelik, Tülay ^a   Aslantürk, Özlem Sultan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Chromosome aberration; Hydrogen peroxide; Mitotic index; Plantago lanceolata

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO MAJOR; PLANTAGO MEDIA;

EID: 33947130107     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0142-5     Document Type: Article

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