The Study of the Mutagenic Effects of Zinc Phosphide (a Raticide) and of Mitomycin C (an Alkylating Agent) in the Presence of Activated Waters

Abstract

Our cytogenetical investigations performed on root meristems of Allium cepa and human lymphocytes, in which some 1421 metaphase cells have been analysed, using conventional staining methods as well as C- banding with barium hydroxide and staining using SCE (sister chromatid exchange), have indicated that chromosomal aberrations arose with a rate which paralleled the time in which the mutagen acted, both in control and in experimental variants, using activated waters.
It has been concluded that the activated waters do not exhibit a protective effect and their stimulating actions on seeds germination and plant growth must be performed on other way which has nothing in connection with radioprotection or repair processes.