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. 2015 Mar 2;10(3):e0116958. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116958

Table 1. Analysis of the medians of comet, head, and tail parameters in the control, the H2O2-treated and the Fenton reagent-treated U937 cells.

Comet
Length [μm] Height [μm] Area [μm2] Intensity [r.u.] Mean Intensity [r.u.]
Control 20 ± 2 18 ± 2 301 ± 71 71506 ± 18571 51 ± 5
H2O2 44 ± 2 24 ± 2 762 ± 66 99182 ± 7767 27 ± 1
Fenton 51 ± 6 25 ± 3 301 ± 71 123451 ± 18571 51 ± 5
Head
Diameter [μm] %DNA Area [μm2] Intensity [r.u.] Mean Intensity [r.u.]
Control 18 ± 2 91 ± 4 262 ± 48 65320 ± 16978 52 ± 7
H2O2 13 ± 1 30 ± 2 178 ± 15 27219 ± 1385 31 ± 5
Fenton 10 ± 1 21 ± 10 141 ± 32 24705 ± 7742 31 ± 2
Tail
Length [μm] %DNA Area [μm2] Intensity [r.u.] Mean Intensity [r.u.]
Control 2 ± 1 8 ± 4 31 ± 21 5888 ± 3993 42 ± 9
H2O2 30 ± 3 69 ± 3 524 ± 36 64238 ± 9192 26 ± 1
Fenton 39 ± 8 78 ± 10 659 ± 161 94581 ± 32988 29 ± 2

Data are presented as mean values and standard deviations. The mean value represents the average value from at least three measurements.