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Table 3.

Comet assay (head DNA %, tail DNA %) scores of the root tip cells of H. vulgare L. after pretreatment with 1 mM l-carnitine and unpretreated group germinated in distilled water (negative control; 0 M NaCl) were shown under various salt stress concentrations.

Treatment	Head DNA (%)	Tail DNA (%)
0 M NaCl (Negative Control)	99.83 ± 2.22^a	0.17 ± 0.02^a
0.25 M NaCl	37.34 ± 2.77^abc	62.70 ± 1.37^b
0.30 M NaCl	34.89 ± 2.08^ab	65.11 ± 2.77^b
0.35 M NaCl	25.76 ± 4.72^ab	74.24 ± 2.70^c
0 M NaCl + 1 mM LC (Positive Control)	99.55 ± 7.84^a	0.45 ± 0.08^ab
0.25 M NaCl + 1 mM LC	65.66 ± 2.82^bcd	34.34 ± 1.09^ab
0.30 M NaCl + 1 mM LC	65.92 ± 2.81^bcd	34.08 ± 1.56^ab
0.35 M NaCl + 1 mM LC	72.97 ± 1.03^cd	27.03 ± 1.30^ab

*Values with insignificant difference (p ≤0.05) for each column are indicated with same letters (means ± SD).