Table 1 Mitotic and phase indexes and percentages of abnormal mitosis and abnormality in each mitotic phase in Allium cepa root tip meristems, after 3 h treatment with Moringa oleifera and Sacharomyces cerevisiae extracts
Treatment | Mitotic index ± SE | Percent of abn. interphase cells | Percent of abn. mitoses + SE | Prophase | Metaphase | Ana-telophase | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Index | Percent of abn. | Index | Percent of abn. | Index | Percent of abn. | ||||
Control | 8.40 ± 0.69 | 0.00 | 6.34 | 34.920 | 3.41 | 12.70 | 9.40 | 52.38 | 7.58 |
Moringa oleifera | |||||||||
5.0% | 8.03 ± 0.59 | 0.15 | 14.35 ± 0.12 | 46.41 | 6.36 | 8.02 | 31.58 | 45.57 | 19.44 |
10.0% | 11.63 ± 1.07 | 0.13 | 15.92 ± 0.49 | 37.58 | 3.39 | 9.87 | 64.52 | 52.55 | 15.76 |
20.0% | 9.29 ± 2.03 | 0.00 | 24.65 ± 0.32 | 22.66 | 1.25 | 25.50 | 38.89 | 51.84 | 27.87 |
Sacharomyces cerevisiae | |||||||||
5.0% | 8.84 ± 0.84 | 0.04 | 10.42 ± 0.49 | 25.42 | 6.56 | 11.25 | 7.41 | 63.33 | 12.5 |
10.0% | 7.93 ± 0.84 | 0.11 | 15.13 ± 0.42 | 13.45 | 9.375 | 20.17 | 22.92 | 66.39 | 13.92 |
20.0% | 6.26 ± 1.08 | 0.00 | 12.78 ± 0.21 | 16.48 | 0.00 | 20.09 | 25.00 | 63.47 | 12.23 |