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. 2020 May 24;20:153. doi: 10.1186/s12906-020-02947-y

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