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PHYTOTOXICITY ASSESSMENT OF POLYPHENOLIC EXTRACTS FROM CARUM CARVI L. FRUITS

ADRIANA TRIFAN1, ANCA MIRON1, ANA CLARA APROTOSOAIE1*, MONICA HĂNCIANU1, OANA CIOANCĂ1, ELVIRA GILLE2, URSULA STĂNESCU1

1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, 16 Universității Street, 700115 Iaşi, Romania
2 "Stejarul" Biological Research Centre, 6 Alexandru cel Bun Street, 610004, Piatra Neamț, Romania

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The in vivo phytotoxicity of Romanian caraway (Carum carvi) fruits was assayed by Triticum aestivum L. test. We studied the effects of methanolic caraway fruit extracts upon germination, elongation and accumulation of dry biomass in the plants; in addition, it was investigated the influence of the extracts on mythosis in root tissues. The caraway extracts did not inhibit root and shoot elongation of Triticum aestivum plants, but enhanced seedling growth, as revealed by the increase of root and shoot length (up to 11.05%) and dry biomass (up to 15.81%). The frequency of chromosomal aberrations observed in root meristems varied slightly around the percentage of the control. The investigated caraway fruit extracts did not have phytotoxic effects but had a slight stimulating effect on germination and growth of Triticum aestivum L.