Table 3.
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).