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Table 2 Comet assay parameters in liver and testes cells of treated male mice with BPA and/or FXO for 28 consecutive days

From: Flaxseed oil as a protective agent against bisphenol-A deleterious effects in male mice

Treatments

Tail length (μm)

Tail DNA (%)

Olive tail moment (μm)

Liver

Testes

Liver

Testes

Liver

Testes

Control

7.66 ± 0.80e

6.73 ± 0.46e

13.53 ± 0.51d

14.26 ± 0.20d

1.03 ± 0.08d

0.98 ± 0.11e

Vehicle

8.56 ± 0.41e

7.26 ± 0.30de

13.15 ± 0.22d

15.00 ± 0.50d

1.12 ± 0.04cd

1.09 ± 0.08e

FXO (1 mL/kg bw)

8.16 ± 1.04e

7.06 ± 0.20de

12.70 ± 0.95d

14.30 ± 0.51d

1.03 ± 0.14d

1.01 ± 0.04e

BPA (50 mg/kg bw)

17.30 ± 1.08a

9.83 ± 0.15a

19.93 ± 0.58a

23.56 ± 0.45a

3.63 ± 0.52a

2.37 ± 0.05a

FXO before BPA

12.43 ± 0.45d

8.33 ± 0.15c

15.13 ± 0.23c

16.43 ± 0.35c

1.87 ± 0.04c

1.36 ± 0.02d

FXO with BPA

15.23 ± 0.55b

9.23 ± 0.25b

16.56 ± 0.64b

17.80 ± 0.26b

2.51 ± 0.16b

1.65 ± 0.05b

FXO after BPA

13.90 ± 0.26c

8.60 ± 0.26c

15.33 ± 0.30c

17.26 ± 0.49b

2.09 ± 0.40c

1.48 ± 0.01c

  1. Data are expressed as means ± SD. Mean values in the same column within each parameter bearing superscript do not differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05)