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. 2017 Feb 2;26(1):91–95. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.01.012

Table 3.

Assessment of human lymphocytes damage after treatment with different concentration of aqueous T. terrestris fruit extract.

Concentration of the extract (mg/L) Classification of comet cells %
Mean of total cell damage cells % Mean of DNA damage score %
0 1 2 3
10 93.5 2.4 4.1 0.0 6.5d 10.6d
20 87.6 6.0 4.3 2.1 12.4c 20.9c
40 40.0 24.3 11.0 6.0 41.0b 64.3b
80 27.0 21.2 16.0 8.0 45.5a 77.2a
Control 96.3 1.1 1.3 0.0 2.4e 3.7e
LSD 1.0608 1.9592

0: undamaged DNA 1: Tail length was equal to the head diameter (slight DNA damage), 2: Tail length was twice of the head diameter (moderate DNA damage), 3: Tail length more than twice head diameter (severe DNA damage). Data within the same columns followed by the same letter do not differ significantly (Tukey‘s test, P < 0.05).