Research Article
Toxicity Assessment of Chinese Herbal Medicine Cynomorium songaricum Rupr
Table 3
The results of bone marrow cell micronuclei in mice.
| Sex | Dose (g/kg) | Cells | Micronuclei | Micronuclei Rate (%) |
| Female | 0 | 5 × 2000 | 21 | 2.1 ± 0.7 | | 2.25 | 5 × 2000 | 19 | 1.9 ± 0.8 | | 4.5 | 5 × 2000 | 24 | 2.4 ± 0.4 | | 9 | 5 × 2000 | 19 | 1.9 ± 0.4 | | Endoxan | 5 × 2000 | 105 | 10.5 ± 2.2 |
| Male | 0 | 5 × 2000 | 23 | 2.3 ± 0.6 | | 2.25 | 5 × 2000 | 20 | 2.0 ± 0.9 | | 4.5 | 5 × 2000 | 18 | 1.8 ± 1.1 | | 9 | 5 × 2000 | 18 | 1.8 ± 0.7 | | Endoxan | 5 × 2000 | 120 | 12.0 ± 2.4 |
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Values are expressed as the means ± SD (n = 10). 0: the negative control, Endoxan: the positive control; <0.05 compared with the negative control. |