Title: Cytogenetic Evaluation of the Effects of Chromium and Detergents in Vicia faba.
Abstract: The clastogenic effect of two detergents one anionic (Roma) and another nonionic (Triton X-100), potassium dichromate, and various concentrations of the mixtures metal-detergents was analyzed in the meristematic cells of the root tips of Vicia faba. The chromium compound induced chromosomal aberrations as well as c-metaphases in similar frequencies as the mixture chromium- surfactants. The detergents did not produce cytogenetic disturbances, nor did they facilitate the clastogenic effects of chromium.