Table 3.
Effect of A. machrostachyum extract on DNA fragmentation as revealed by comet assay
| Group | Tailed DNA (%) | Untailed DNA (%) |
Tails length (μm) | Tail DNA (%) |
Tail moment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative control | 2 | 98 | 1.73 ± 0.09 c | 1.72 | 2.98 |
| EST | 3 | 97 | 2.19 ± 0.11 c | 1.9 | 4.16 |
|
A. machrostachyum (180 mg) |
7 | 93 | 3.64 ± 0.23 b | 2.93 | 10.67 |
|
A. machrostachyum (360 mg) |
15 | 85 | 6.34 ± 0.35 a | 4.42 | 28.02 |
Tail length data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 7). Different superscript letters [a (the highest value) – c (the lowest value)] in the same column of tail length showed significance difference at P < 0.05. All groups were compared to each other for tail length