biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 16:275-282, 1974 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02921238

Effect of morphine sulphate on mitosis ofAllium cepa L. root tips

A. Kabarity1, A. El-Bayoumi1, A. A. Habib1
1 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo

The cytological effect of one of the alkaloid of Opium, namely morphine sulphate onAllium cepa root tips from a qualitative and quantitative point of view were studied. It was found that morphine sulphate caused partial effect on spindle formation and also showed a mito-depressive effects particularly after long treatment.

Received: June 4, 1973; Published: July 1, 1974  Show citation

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Kabarity, A., El-Bayoumi, A., & Habib, A.A. (1974). Effect of morphine sulphate on mitosis ofAllium cepa L. root tips. Biologia plantarum, 16(4), 275-282. doi: 10.1007/BF02921238
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