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Impact of Food Additives on Vicia faba by Ariana Chimi is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study investigated the impact of three food additives - boric acid, citric acid, and sodium metabisulphite - on the root tips of Vicia faba plants. The researchers found that increasing the concentration of each additive led to a significant decrease in the mitotic index and an increase in the percentage of chromosomal abnormalities observed. The most common abnormalities included fragments, disturbed metaphase, C-mitosis, laggards, bridges, stickiness, and unequal chromosome separation. Boric acid had

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Ariana Chimi

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