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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Sci. 2010 Apr;35(2):149–162. doi: 10.2131/jts.35.149

Table 7. Comet Assay Data for Mice Treated with Vincristine Sulfate.

Dose (mg/kg) Number of Animals % Tail DNA Tail Length (Microns) Olive Tail Moment

Mean S.E. Mean S.E. Mean S.E.
Blood

0 5 9.2 0.75 12.6 1.29 1.2 0.12
0.0125 5 8.8 0.88 11.3 1.38 1.3 0.20
0.0250 5 11.9 2.13 14.5 2.12 2.0 0.50
0.0500 5 11.2 1.62 14.3 2.01 1.9 0.42
0.0750 5 11.4 1.30 15.0 0.94 1.9 0.33
Trend Testa: p = 0.1297

Liver

0 5 20.2 1.83 24.6 1.28 3.7 0.37
0.0125 5 20.4 1.60 24.2 1.73 3.8 0.42
0.0250 5 20.3 1.80 26.4 0.84 3.9 0.41
0.0500 5 20.8 2.19 27.2 1.89 4.1 0.51
0.0750 5 19.1 1.84 24.8 1.50 3.6 0.41
Trend Testa: p = 0.0980

Duodenum

0 5 19.2 6.40 6.6 2.26 0.9 0.43
0.0125 5 17.3 5.72 6.1 2.11 0.7 0.36
0.0250 5 20.6 6.61 6.9 2.42 1.0 0.39
0.0500 5 18.1 3.62 7.0 1.63 0.8 0.22
0.0750 5 29.8 5.72 10.5 1.16 1.6 0.40
Trend Testa: p = 0.2227

Data based on 100 cells scored per animal

a

Linear regression; significant at p < 0.05