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Table 5.

Antimutagenicity of iCNSL and tCNSL as measured by the frequency of chromosomal aberrations (mean ± SD of 1.000 cells per slide, 5 slides per test group) in A. cepa root meristems at different concentrations (pre-, co-, and posttreatment) with copper sulphate (1.2 µg·mL⁻¹).

Groups with concentration	Chromosome bridges	Chromosomal aberration/5000 cells				Total frequency (%)
Groups with concentration	Chromosome bridges	Vagrant chromosomes	Laggard chromosomes	Fragments	Total frequency	Total frequency (%)
iCNSL pretreatment
17,37 µg·mL⁻¹	0.40 ± 0.89^b∗	1.60 ± 0.50^b∗∗∗	4.00 ± 4.84	2.00 ± 1.22	8.00 ± 3.46^b∗∗∗	0.80 ± 0.34^b∗∗∗
34,75 µg·mL⁻¹	0.60 ± 0.89^b∗	1.20 ± 1.09^b∗∗∗	2.60 ± 2.96^b∗	2.60 ± 1.94	7.00 ± 4.06^b∗∗∗	0.70 ± 0.40^b∗∗∗
tCNSL pretreatment
17,37 µg·mL⁻¹	1.20 ± 1.00	1.00 ± 0.00^b∗∗∗	8.00 ± 4.41	1.20 ± 0.83^b∗	11.40 ± 7.33^b∗∗∗	1.14 ± 0.73^b∗∗∗
34,75 µg·mL⁻¹	0.75 ± 0.50	1.20 ± 0.44^b∗∗∗	8.20 ± 3.11	2.40 ± 1.51	12.80 ± 3.76^b∗∗∗	1.28 ± 0.37^b∗∗∗
69,5 µg·mL⁻¹	0.80 ± 0.40	1.60 ± 0.44^b∗∗∗	8.00 ± 4.00	2.60 ± 1.81	13.00 ± 5.61^b∗∗∗	1.30 ± 0.56^b∗∗∗
iCNSL cotreatment
17,37 µg·mL⁻¹	0.40 ± 0.89^b∗	1.00 ± 0.00^b∗∗∗	3.40 ± 1.81^b∗	1.60 ± 1.14	6.40 ± 2.51^b∗∗∗	0.64 ± 0.25^b∗∗∗
34,75 µg·mL⁻¹	0.20 ± 0.44^b∗	1.20 ± 0.44^b∗∗∗	5.40 ± 2.60	1.00 ± 0.70^b∗∗	7.80 ± 2.77^b∗∗∗	0.78 ± 0.27^b∗∗∗
tCNSL cotreatment
17,37 µg·mL⁻¹	0.60 ± 0.54^b∗	1.60 ± 1.14^b∗∗∗	5.20 ± 1.78	2.00 ± 1.00	9.40 ± 2.51^b∗∗∗	0.94 ± 0.25^b∗∗∗
34,75 µg·mL⁻¹	0.60 ± 0.54^b∗	1.20 ± 1.64^b∗∗∗	4.60 ± 2.19	2.40 ± 1.14	8.80 ± 0.30^b∗∗∗	8.80 ± 3.03^b∗∗∗
69,50 µg·mL⁻¹	1.60 ± 1.94	3.40 ± 1.67^b∗∗∗	8.80 ± 5.35	3.40 ± 2.79	17.20 ± 5.76^b∗∗∗	1.72 ± 0.57^b∗∗∗
iCNSL posttreatment
17,37 µg·mL⁻¹	0.20 ± 0.44^b∗∗	1.20 ± 0.83^b∗∗∗	1.60 ± 1.57^b∗∗	1.60 ± 1.14	4.60 ± 1.81^b∗∗∗	0.46 ± 0.18^b∗∗∗
34,75 µg·mL⁻¹	0.20 ± 0,44^b∗	2.00 ± 1.00^b∗∗∗	4.00 ± 4.35	2.40 ± 0.89	8.60 ± 4.27^b∗∗∗	0.86 ± 0.42^b∗∗∗
tCNSL posttreatment
17,37 µg·mL⁻¹	1.20 ± 0.44	1.00 ± 1.22^b∗∗∗	6.00 ± 4.84	1.00 ± 1.22^b∗	9.20 ± 7.46^b∗∗∗	0.92 ± 0.74^b∗∗∗
34,75 µg·mL⁻¹	0.80 ± 0.44	2.60 ± 1.51^b∗∗∗	7.40 ± 2.52	2.60 ± 2.60	13.00 ± 6.51^b∗∗∗	1.30 ± 0.65^b∗∗∗
69,50 µg·mL⁻¹	1.20 ± 0.44	3.80 ± 1.78^b∗∗	7.00 ± 4.12	2.80 ± 0.83	14.80 ± 4.08^b∗∗	1.48 ± 0.40^b∗∗

NC (dechlorinated water). PC (copper sulphate solution). TWEEN (solvent). NT (not tested). 5.000 cells evaluated per bulb, totalling 5,000 per group. ^aSignificant compared with the negative control; ^bsignificant compared with the positive control. ^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01, and ^*** P < 0.001 ANOVA. Tukey's test for multiple comparisons between groups.