Genotoxicity of hydrated sulfur dioxide on root tips of Allium sativum and Vicia faba

• Published in: Mutation research Vol. 537; no. 1; pp. 109 - 114
• Main Authors: Yi, Huilan, Meng, Ziqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 09.05.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Air Pollutants; Allium stavium; Anaphase - drug effects; Anaphase aberration; Antioxidants; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Assay; Environmental pollutants toxicology; Garlic - drug effects; Genotoxicity; Kinetics; Medical sciences; Micronuclei; Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective - metabolism; Plant Roots - drug effects; Pycnosis; Sulfites - pharmacology; Sulfur dioxide; Sulfur Dioxide - chemistry; Time Factors; Toxicology; Vicia faba; Vicia faba - drug effects; Water; Water - chemistry; Pycnosis; Anaphase aberration; Micronuclei; Genotoxicity; Allium stavium; Vicia faba; Sulfur dioxide; v#cia faba

Genotoxicity of sulfur dioxide (SO 2) and its hydrates (bisulfite and sulfite) in human lymphocytes and other mammalian cells have been found earlier in our laboratory. In the present studies, we used Allium stavium and Vicia faba cytogenetic tests, which are the highly sensitive and simple plant bi...