It was found that in case of both metanil yellow and carmoisine treatment, the meristematic cells produce a dose dependent decrease in MI at both 24 h and 48 h of exposure when compared with control and decline in MI with extended exposure time was highly significant.
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Genotoxic effect of two commonly used food dyes metanil yellow and carmoisine using <i>Allium cepa</i> L. as indicator.
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The structural and numeric changes in chromosomes have become an important trend for evaluating genotoxicity of food chemicals, pollutants, heavy metals, water samples and pesticides.