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 | |||
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| Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | ||
| Blood | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| Liver | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| Duodenum | |||||||
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| 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
Linear regression; significant at p < 0.05