Table 2.
Correlations (r) of comet tail DNA percentages (% tail DNA) and flow cytometry parameters (cell death, ROS formation) in Caco2 and HepG2 cells.
| Caco2 |
DNA damage (% tail DNA) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR | BRDT | BR-DME | BV | BV-DME | SB | PRO | |
| Necrosis | −0.726 p=0.011 | ||||||
| Hydroperoxide | 0.727 p=0.011 | 0.904 p=0.001 | |||||
| HepG2 |
DNA damage (% tail DNA) |
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| BR | BRDT | BV-DME | UB | SB | PRO | ||
| Apoptosis | 0.644 p=0.010 | ||||||
| Superoxide | 0.547 p=0.053# | 0.583 p=0.036 | |||||
BR: unconjugated bilirubin, BRDT: bilirubin ditaurate, BR-DME: bilirubin dimethyl ester, BV: biliverdin, BV-DME: biliverdin dimethyl ester, UB: urobilin, SB: stercobilin, PRO: protoporphyrin.#non-significant trend.