Table 3.
The incidence of syncytes in P. sativum in PMCs exposed to different concentrations of ME, IM and CL for 1 h.
| Concentration (%) | Frequency of syncytes | No. of cells showing syncytes at various stages of meiosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PI | MI | AI | TI | ||
| 0.0 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| ME | |||||
| 0.1 | 0.78 ± 0.05** | 0.66 ± 0.02* | 0.27 ± 0.01 | 0.33 ± 0.02 | 0.15 ± 0.01 |
| 0.2 | 1.23 ± 0.08** | 1.45 ± 0.07** | 0.69 ± 0.03* | 0.74 ± 0.03* | 0.55 ± 0.03* |
| 0.3 | 1.59 ± 0.09** | 2.12 ± 0.88** | 0.99 ± 0.04** | 0.94 ± 0.04** | 1.98 ± 0.04** |
| 0.4 | 2.61 ± 0.88** | 2.75 ± 0.90** | 1.23 ± 0.60** | 1.02 ± 0.40** | 2.23 ± 0.90** |
| 0.5 | 2.78 ± 0.98** | 3.12 ± 1.0** | 1.56 ± 0.80** | 1.95 ± 0.90** | 3.13 ± 1.00** |
| IM | |||||
| 0.1 | 0.91 ± 0.01** | 0.44 ± 0.03** | 0.30 ± 0.01 | 0.61 ± 0.03 | 0.51 ± 0.03** |
| 0.2 | 1.25 ± 0.82** | 0.97 ± 0.05** | 0.83 ± 0.03** | 1.87 ± 0.66** | 0.98 ± 0.32** |
| 0.3 | 2.75 ± 0.90** | 1.0 ± 0.040** | 1.33 ± 0.88** | 2.11 ± 0.94** | 1.10 ± 0.53** |
| 0.4 | 3.24 ± 1.12** | 1.21 ± 0.08** | 1.50 ± 0.64** | 2.78 ± 1.00** | 1.16 ± 0.08** |
| 0.5 | 4.94 ± 1.45** | 1.45 ± 0.20** | 2.14 ± 1.10** | 3.12 ± 1.20** | 1.60 ± 0.09** |
| CL | |||||
| 0.1 | 2.00 ± 0.90** | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.46 ± 0.05** | 0.76 ± 0.06** | 0.67 ± 0.03** |
| 0.2 | 2.55 ± 0.54** | 0.65 ± 0.06** | 0.76 ± 0.15** | 0.87 ± 0.04** | 0.87 ± 0.04** |
| 0.3 | 3.11 ± 0.70** | 0.97 ± 0.05** | 0.91 ± 0.10** | 1.55 ± 0.32** | 0.97 ± 0.05** |
| 0.4 | 3.80 ± 0.90** | 1.24 ± 0.20** | 0.97 ± 0.23** | 1.76 ± 0.77** | 1.12 ± 0.32** |
| 0.5 | 3.90 ± 0.97** | 1.27 ± 0.41** | 1.12 ± 0.70** | 1.80 ± 0.63** | 1.17 ± 0.56** |
Data are mean of three replicates ± SE. 0.0 = Control, PI = Prophase I, MI = Metaphase I, AI = Anaphase I, TI = Telophase I; Total no. of PMCs Observed = 250.
**
p < 0.01 compared to control
*
p < 0.05 compared to control