Table 6 Antigenotoxic potential of aqueous extract of leaves of Royale cinerea (D.Don) Baillon alone by Allium cepa root tip assay.

From: Modulation of atrazine-induced chromosomal aberrations and cyclin-dependent kinases by aqueous extract of Roylea cinerea (D.Don) Baillon leaves in Allium cepa

Sample code

Conc. µg/mL

TC

TDC

NC

Physiological aberrations (PA)

Clastogenic aberrations (CA)

MI ± SD

Cm

St

Vg

Lg

Da

TPA

Cf

Cb

Ck

TCA

TPA ± TCA

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

NC

Tap water

450

271

264

2

2

–

1

 

5

1.85

1

–

1

2

0.74

7

2.59 ± 0.56a

60.22 ± 7.19a

ATZ

10

450

143

54

24

16

7

4

5

56

39.16

11

17

5

33

23.08

89

66.01 ± 24.49a

31.78 ± 8.34a

PE

0.25

450

178

165

3

2

1

2

1

9

5.06

1

1

2

4

2.25

13

7.30 ± 3.26a

39.56 ± 9.57ab

0.5

450

195

178

1

2

3

2

–

8

4.10

3

2

4

9

4.62

17

8.71 ± 3.04a

43.34 ± 14.05ab

1.0

450

213

201

2

3

1

1

3

10

4.69

1

–

1

2

0.94

12

5.63 ± 2.91a

47.33 ± 10.26ab

1.5

450

222

212

1

1

2

1

–

5

2.25

2

2

1

5

2.25

10

4.50 ± 2.54a

49.33 ± 4.37ab

3.0

450

254

245

1

3

1

1

–

6

2.36

2

1

–

3

1.18

9

3.54 ± 1.41a

56.45 ± 5.43ab

  1. NC negative control, ATZ atrazine, PE plant extract, TC total cells, TDC total dividing cells, NC normal cells, Cm C-mitosis, St stickiness, Vg vagrant, Lg laggard, Da delayed anaphase, Cf chromosome fragments, Cb chromosome bridge, Ck chromosome break, TPA total physiological aberration, TCA total clastogenic aberrations.
  2. Data are mean ± SD of three replicates. Different alphabets (a and b) are significantly different at (p < 0.05), as determined by Tukey HSD test.
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