8. CATALIN-AURELIAN ROSCULETE
Information acquired: 2025
CATALIN-AURELIAN ROSCULETE is an academic who published a paper in 2020 entitled Study regarding the cytotoxic potential of cadmium and zinc in meristematic tissues of basil (Ocimum. CATALIN-AURELIAN ROSCULETE published this work as part of a team: Petrescu, Irina. Here is a description of this work: The cytogenetic study on the meristematic tissues of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) aimed to evaluate some cytotoxic effects induced by two heavy metals (cadmium - Cd and zinc - Zn) applied in three different concentrations: 10, 50 and 100 ppm. Cytogenetic tests reveal a decrease of the mitotic index and the occurrence of various chromosomal aberrations following heavy metal treatments. The cell division was significantly affected, especially in the case of Cd treatment, which showed the highest degree of toxicity in all variants compared to control variant. Instead, Zn has a lower degree of toxicity but only at concentrations of 50 ppm and 100 ppm. Types of chromosomal aberrations were relatively varied, being randomly distributed and concentration dependent, for both Cd and Zn. We.