Table 3.
Mean values of different types of chromosomal aberrations in bone marrow cells of male mice treated with ochratoxin A and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1 and G2).
Treated groups | Numerical aberrations | Structural aberrations | |||||
Peridiploidy | Chromtatid gaps | Chromatid breaks | Centromeric attenuations | Deletions | Fragments | Total | |
OT | 2.50 ± 0.45a | 0.67 ± 0.17a | 0.67 ± 0.21a | 0.83 ± 0.17b | 2.50 ± 0.00a | 0.83 ± 0.21a | 5.50 ± 0.31b |
HOT | 1.83 ± 0.33a | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.00b | 0.83 ± 0.21b | 0.67 ± 0.17a | 3.00 ± 0.34c |
AT | 2.83 ± 0.67a | 0.67 ± .017a | 0.67 ± 0.17a | 4.33 ± 1.31a | 1.17 ± 0.21b | 0.83 ± 0.21a | 7.67 ± 0.48a |
HAT | 2.50 ± 0.36a | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 0.67 ± 0.17b | 1.00 ± 0.22b | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 3.17 ± 0.21c |
NTC | 2.00 ± 0.22a | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± .0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.00b | 0.83 ± 0.21b | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 2.83 ± 0.21c |
HTC | 2.00 ± 0.34a | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.00b | 0.67 ± 0.17b | 0.50 ± 0.00a | 2.67 ± 0.17c |
- Means with different superscript letters (a, b, c) are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).
-All data are expressed as means ± SEM.