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. 2017 Feb 23;5:e3041. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3041

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(A) Fluorescence micrograph representing nuclei of leucocytes after the comet assay. Control nuclei of untreated animals appear intact with no detectable DNA damage. Nuclei of tartrazine-treated animals appear damaged. (B) Bar graph showing the tail DNA damage in percentage in nuclei of leucocytes of control and tartrazine-treated animals subjected to comet assay. Data are Mean ± SD (n = 3, t-test, ^∗p < 0.05).