Impact of food additives on mitotic chromosomes of vicia faba L

Caryologia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-314

  Pandey, Ram Milan ^a   Upadhyay, Santosh ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Food additives; Genotoxicity; Mitotic index; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

VICIA FABA;

EID: 49449111186     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2007.10797952     Document Type: Article

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