Table 4.
The incidence of syncytes in P. sativum in PMCs exposed to different concentration of ME, IM and CL for 3 h.
| Concentration (%) | Frequency of syncytes | No. of cells showing syncytes at various stages of meiosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PI | MI | AI | TI | ||
| 00 | 00.0 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| ME | |||||
| 0.1 | 0.45 ± 0.02** | 0.33 ± 0.25 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 0.71 ± 0.04* | 0.64 ± 0.05 |
| 0.2 | 0.76 ± 0.03** | 1.55 ± 0.21** | 0.86 ± 0.40** | 0.98 ± 0.03** | 0.92 ± 0.50** |
| 0.3 | 0.99 ± 0.07** | 1.75 ± 0.34** | 1.12 ± 0.70** | 1.23 ± 0.80** | 1.99 ± 0.80** |
| 0.4 | 1.99 ± 0.22** | 2.12 ± 0.91** | 2.32 ± 0.99** | 2.45 ± 1.12** | 2.23 ± 0.91** |
| 0.5 | 2.45 ± 0.51** | 3.98 ± 1.01** | 3.25 ± 1.11** | 3.12 ± 1.21** | 3.42 ± 1.20** |
| IM | |||||
| 0.1 | 1.25 ± 0.62** | 0.77 ± 0.04** | 0.77 ± 0.04** | 0.98 ± 0.04** | 0.97 ± 0.04** |
| 0.2 | 2.25 ± 0.88** | 1.32 ± 0.41** | 0.99 ± 0.06** | 1.99 ± 0.02** | 1.45 ± 0.05** |
| 0.3 | 2.75 ± 0.91** | 1.17 ± 0.32** | 1.47 ± 0.91** | 2.32 ± 0.05** | 1.98 ± 0.90** |
| 0.4 | 3.15 ± 1.50** | 2.12 ± 0.55** | 2.15 ± 0.88** | 2.78 ± 0.40** | 2.34 ± 1.00** |
| 0.5 | 3.32 ± 1.20** | 2.89 ± 1.10** | 3.45 ± 0.78** | 3.77 ± 0.81** | 2.78 ± 0.90** |
| CL | |||||
| 0.1 | 1.53 ± 0.30** | 0.25 ± 0.010** | 0.40 ± 0.03** | 0.46 ± 0.05** | 0.34 ± 0.02** |
| 0.2 | 1.59 ± 0.42** | 0.55 ± 0.020** | 0.45 ± 0.04** | 0.66 ± 0.05** | 0.96 ± 0.09** |
| 0.3 | 2.59 ± 0.60** | 0.77 ± 0.050** | 0.61 ± 0.05** | 1.10 ± 0.33** | 1.23 ± 0.10** |
| 0.4 | 3.72 ± 0.70** | 0.96 ± 0.040** | 0.98 ± 0.01** | 1.55 ± 0.32** | 1.17 ± 0.09** |
| 0.5 | 4.86 ± 0.98** | 1.10 ± 0.077** | 1.25 ± 0.40** | 1.70 ± 0.42** | 1.27 ± 0.20** |
Data are mean of three replicates ± SE. 0.0 = Control group, 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