Table 6. Comet Assay Data for Rats Exposed to Cyclophosphamide.
| Dose (mg/kg) | Number of Animals | % Tail DNA | Tail Length (Microns) | Olive Tail Moment | |||
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| Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | ||
| Blood | |||||||
| 0 | 5 | 6.0 | 0.90 | 11.7 | 0.70 | 0.7 | 0.17 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 5.8 | 0.11 | 11.6 | 0.57 | 0.6 | 0.03 |
| 5.0 | 5 | 5.7 | 0.07 | 13.1 | 0.54 | 0.7 | 0.06 |
| 10 | 5 | 7.6 | 0.86 | 13.9 | 1.12 | 0.9 | 0.13 |
| 20 | 5 | 8.8 | 0.86 | 15.7 | 0.92 | 1.1a | 0.13 |
| Trend Test: | p = 0.0011b | ||||||
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| Liver | |||||||
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| 0 | 5 | 20.4 | 4.41 | 22.8 | 3.14 | 3.8 | 1.17 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 28.6 | 2.53 | 29.3 | 1.14 | 6.4 | 0.82 |
| 5.0 | 5 | 25.5 | 3.31 | 28.8 | 1.44 | 5.2 | 1.00 |
| 10 | 5 | 21.6 | 1.93 | 27.1 | 0.67 | 4.2 | 0.55 |
| 20 | 5 | 36.1 | 9.25 | 30.5 | 3.69 | 8.5 | 2.40 |
| Trend Test: | p = 0.0565 c | ||||||
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| Duodenum | |||||||
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| 0 | 5 | 21.7 | 3.99 | 23.7 | 2.00 | 3.9 | 0.78 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 32.0 | 5.30 | 32.4 | 3.99 | 6.5d | 1.11 |
| 5.0 | 5 | 33.9 | 9.43 | 32.0 | 3.08 | 6.7 | 1.90 |
| 10 | 5 | 28.5 | 2.66 | 29.5 | 1.98 | 5.7d | 0.47 |
| 20 | 5 | 37.9 | 5.75 | 32.2 | 2.15 | 7.4d | 1.13 |
| Trend Test: | p = 0.1331 c | ||||||
Data based on 100 cells scored per animal
p < 0.05; one-tailed Mann-Whitney test
Kendall Correlation; significant at p < 0.05
Linear regression; significant at p < 0.05
p < 0.05; one-tailed t-test