Research Article
Absence of Genotoxic and Mutagenic Effects of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith (Zingiberaceae) Extract
Table 2
Results of the chromosomal aberration assay in CHL cells.
| Exposure (h)/±S9 | Dose (μg mL−1) | Structural aberrations | Numerical aberrations |
Cell growth (%) | Chromatid break | Chromatid exchange | Polyploidy | Endoreduplication |
| 6/+S9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99.2 | 300 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98.3 | 600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.4 | 1250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98.5 | 2500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.1 | 5000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 97.8 | B[a]P 0.2 | 25 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 61.3 |
| 6/−S9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 150 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 99.3 | 300 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98.2 | 600 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97.6 | 1250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98.1 | 2500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.4 | 5000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.5 | B[a]P 0.15 | 25 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 57.2 |
| 24/−S9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 150 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99.3 | 300 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 97.9 | 600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.2 | 1250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96.8 | 2500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.4 | 5000 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 98.6 | MMC 0.05 | 36 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 62.3 |
| 48/−S9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 100 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.6 | 300 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98.2 | 600 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98.1 | 1250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.9 | 2500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.2 | 5000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97.6 | MMC 0.05 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 60.4 |
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