The Allium test as a standard in environmental monitoring.

By G. Fiskesjö. Hereditas, 2008

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The Allium test is suggested as a standard in environmental monitoring, e. g. as a part of a test battery. Background, the method including suggested parameters for standard use, results from various application areas and comparisons with a number of other test systems are presented. The Allium test is a short-term test with many advantages: low cost, ease to handle, good chromosome conditions for the study of chromosome damage or disturbance of cell division including the evaluation of risks of aneuploidy. The ability of the root cells to activate promutagens (the MFO-system) further widens the application areas of the Allium test. The use of series of onions for each concentration of the test chemical allows statistical considerations, and from growth curves Effect-Concentration values are obtained. The Allium test is, lastly, a sensitive test showing good correlation to other test systems. Thus, positive results in the Allium test should be considered as a warning and also an indication that the tested chemical may be a risk to human health and to our environment.

Subfields: Cancer Research

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Chromosome damage studies in the onion plant Allium cepa L. (2014, background): “Allium cepa L. is an important bioindicator for environment poisons which influence mitosis (Fiskesjö 1985; Rank 2003; Bakare et al. 2012) and damage metaphase chromosomes (Al-Sabti and Kurelec 1985; Al-Sabti 1989; Kumar and Panneerselvam 2007; Ragunathan and Panneerselvam 2007; Panneerselvam et…”
Genotoxicity testing of quizalofop-P-ethyl herbicide using the Allium cepa anaphase-telophase chromosome aberration assay (2008, background): “toxic substances (FISKESJÖ 1985) having sublethal effects on plants (HIDALGO et al.”
Allium Cepa Root Chromosomal Aberration Assay: A Review (2013, neutral): “efficient test organism to indicate the presence of mutagnic chemicals [3,4] due to its kinetic characteristic of proliferation and chromosome suitable for this type of study [1,2].”
Allium cepa test in environmental monitoring: a review on its application. (2009, methodology): “Fiskesjö [4] reported that the sensitivity of the A. cepa test was virtually the same as the one observed for algae and human lymphocyte test systems.”
Cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of surface water from the Pitimbu river, northeastern/RN Brazil (2007, methodology): “Furthermore, the test plants can be directly exposed to complex mixtures or environmental samples either in the laboratory or in situ (Fiskesjo, 1985b; Grant et al., 1992; Rank, 2003).”