<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sanjay Kumar</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chromosomal Disturbances during Mitotic Activity of Root Tip Cells in Allium by Certain Commonly Used Antibiotics</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Allium cepa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibiotics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chromosomal disturbances</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Clastogenic abnormalities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Physiological disturbances</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">January 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/490</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">355-365</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; The certain commonly used antibiotics (cefixime, metronidazole, ciprofloxacin, cefpodoxime and cetirizine) purchased from the chemist shop in Mokokchung town, Nagaland and effects on mitotic activity of root tip meristematic cells of &lt;em&gt;Allium Cepa&lt;/em&gt; were observed. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The different concentrations were prepared by retaining the original effective concentrations (400, 400, 500, 200 and 10 mg) of the antibiotics and treated the root tips of &lt;em&gt;Allium&lt;/em&gt; at different times (6, 12 and 24 h) to record the effects or abnormalities. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; All the concentrations (ppm) and time (h) were effective to induce the chromosomal disturbances during the mitotic activity of root tip cells in &lt;em&gt;Allium&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The mean value (&amp;plusmn;S.E.) recorded for mitotic cells, mitotic stages, physiological and clastogenic abnormalities and showed a mixed response which could not predict dose response curve in actual.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">355</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sanjay Kumar &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>