Research Article

Genotoxic Effects of Etoposide, Bleomycin, and Ethyl Methanesulfonate on Cultured CHO Cells: Analysis by GC-MS/MS and Comet Assay

Table 2

Statistical analysis of GC-MS/MS data (base lesions/106 DNA bases).

Control0.5 μg/mL1.0 μg/mL2.0 μg/mL

Bleomycin-FapyGua
Mean (lesions/106 bases)0.82751.3481.2202.023
Stand. Dev., 0.12890.33160.22990.4723
Stnd. error of mean0.064470.16580.11500.2362
value (vs. control)0.01330.01240.0014

Bleomycin-8-OH-Gua
Mean (lesions/106 bases)0.99251.1231.3481.388
Stnd. Dev., 0.16580.21030.34320.4115
Stnd. error of mean0.08290.10510.17160.2058
value (vs. control)0.18460.05590.0626

Bleomycin-5-OH-MeUra
Mean (lesions/106 bases)0.58750.74000.88751.275
Stnd. Dev., 0.35670.029440.29710.3937
Stnd. error of mean0.17830.014720.14860.1968
value (vs. control)0.21340.12190.0207

Statistical calculations are based on four sets of GC-MS/MS measurements using aliquots of the same sets of treated samples.