Table 2:

Effect of treatment with tocotrienol-rich fraction on the level of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage (determined by tail length, tail moment and percentage of tail DNA) of the leukocytes

	TL in μm	TM in arbitrary units	Tail DNA in %
Normal group	4.57 ± 0.23	0.015 ± 0.002	0.114 ± 0.016
Normal with TRF group	4.03 ± 0.15	0.0086 ± 0.001	0.084 ± 0.012
Diabetic group	127.38 ± 3.17*	39.009 ± 1.45*	24.93 ± 0.66*
Diabetic with TRF group	45.28 ± 0.75*†	3.93 ± 0.12†	7.93 ± 0.16*†

TL = tail length; TM = tail moment; DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid; TRF = tocotrienol rich fraction.

Results are expressed as mean ± standard error of mean;

^*Significantly different as compared to the control group (P <0.05);

^†Significantly different as compared to the diabetic group (P <0.05).