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Table 3 Effect of A. machrostachyum extract on DNA fragmentation as revealed by comet assay

From: Therapeutic effect of Arthrocnemum machrostachyum methanolic extract on Ehrlich solid tumor in mice

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

  1. 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
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

ISSN: 2662-7671

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