title: [Aluminum induces chromosome aberrations in wheat root meristem cells].
abstract: The yield and pattern of chromosome structure aberrations in wheat seedlings treated with aluminum nitrate and aluminum sulfate at various concentrations have been determined by the anaphase method. Aluminum has a genotoxic effect causing genome, chromatid, and chromosome aberrations in apical root meristem cells. The relationship between the total yield of structural mutations and the aluminum concentration follows a bell-shaped curve. The mutagenic activity of aluminum nitrate peaks at 10(-3) mg/ml, which is twice as high as the permissible concentration limit (PCL) of aluminum in potable water. The maximum of the mutagenic activity of aluminum sulfate is observed at 5 x 10(-4) mg/ml, i.e., one PCL. Tap water boiled for 2 h in an aluminum vessel has virtually no genotoxic effect on wheat cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Obninsk Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk, 249020 Russia.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Bulanova
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Synzynys
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Koz'min
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000633:toxicity*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018519:Meristem / Q000166:cytology*; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D000535:Aluminum
vernacular_title: Aliuminiĭindutsiruet aberratsii khromosom v kletakh kornevoĭ meristemy pshenitsy.