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Subchronic and Genetic Safety Assessment of a New Medicinal Dendrobium Species: Dendrobium Taiseed Tosnobile in Rats

Table 8

Mammalian cell micronucleus test of DTTE in mice treated with water, DTTE, or cyclophosphamide.

TreatmentDose (mg/kg)Number of RET% of MN in RETRET/NCE (%)

24 hours
Control-
DTTE800
1600
2400
Cyclophosphamide100
48 hours
Control
DTTE800
1600
2400
Cyclophosphamide100

All values are means ± SD (); as compared with the control group; RET: reticulocytes; NCE: normochromatic erythrocyte; and MN: micronucleus. a: cyclophosphamide via intraperitoneal injection (10 mL/kg).