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MITOTIC ACTIVITY AND INCIDENCE OF CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS AT SALVIA OFFICINALIS L.


TINA OANA CRISTEA, MARIA PRISECARU, MARCELA FĂLTICEANU

Issue:

SCSB, Volume XVIII

Section:

Volume XVIII - Vegetal Biology

Abstract:

The name of the genus, Salvia, is derived from the Latin salvere, to be saved, in reference to the curative properties of the plant, which was in olden times celebrated as a medicinal herb.

This name was corrupted popularly to Sauja and Sauge (the French form), in Old English, 'Sawge,' which has become our present-day name of Sage. Sage has a very long history of effective medicinal use and is an important domestic herbal remedy for disorders of the digestive system.

The whole herb is antihydrotic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, cholagogue, galactofuge, stimulant, tonic and vasodilator.

Externally, it is used to treat insect bites, skin, throat, mouth and gum infections and vaginal discharge.

Until now, at Salvia species, few information are available regarding the main cellular indexes like: mitotic index, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase index, the incidence of abnormalities in normal cells, chromosome features and behaviour, phylogenetic of the cultivars, etc. The rate of cell division has been depicted to reflect the rate of increase in size and weight. In addition, good mitotic indexing will generate information available for a better characterization of Salvia officinalis germplasm collections.

The study focused toward the determination of the main cellular indexes (mitotic index, prophase index, metaphase index, telophase index and anaphase index) as indicators of growth and development processes speed. In order to have more accurate results, the studies were accomplished in the root meristematic tips on three different plants, originated from Vegetable Research and Development Station Bacău, Romania.

Keywords:

metaphase, anaphase, telophase, disorder, chromosomes.

Code [ID]:

SCSB201018V18S01A0003 [0003240]

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