Table 4.
Mitotic index and mitotic inhibition at different concentration of distillery sludge leachate.
| PMDS leachate concentration (%) | Total no. of cells |
Total no. of dividing cell |
Mitotic index (%) |
Mitotic inhibition (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untreated | Treated | Untreated | Treated | Untreated | Treated | Untreated | Untreated | |
| 1.0 | 2500 | 2500 | 415 @ 20.75± | 551 @ 19.28ˆa | 16.6 @ 0.74 ± | 22.04 @ 0.90ˆa | 28.93 @ 1.27± | 5.65 @ 0.19ˆa |
| 2.5 | 2500 | 2500 | 258 @ 12.38± | 475 @ 18.05ˆa | 10.32 @ 0.36± | 19.00 @ 0.86ˆa | 55.82 @ 1.95± | 18.66 @ 0.55ˆa |
| 5.0 | 2500 | 2500 | 167 @ 8.14 ± | 315 @ 35.12ˆa | 6.68 @ 0.24 ± | 12.6 @ 0.44ˆa | 71.40 @ 3.28± | 46.06 @ 1.42ˆa |
| 10 | 2500 | 2500 | 75 @ 2.25 ± | 269 @ 9.14ˆa | 3.0 @ 0.12 ± | 10.76 @ 0.40ˆa | 87.15 @ 4.00± | 53.93 @ 1.94ˆa |
| Control | 2500 | 2500 | 584 @ 28.61± | 584 @ 27.51ˆns | 23.36 @ 0.93± | 23.36 @ 1.14ˆns | – | – |
All the values are means of triplicate (n = 5) ± SD. The statistical significance between the values of untreated to their respective treated samples was evaluated by one-way ANOVA. aSignificant level p < 0.001. nsNon-significant level p > 0.05. Control; tap water.