Protective Effects of Extracts from Fructus rhodomyrti against Oxidative DNA Damage In Vitro and In Vivo

Table 2

The effects of FR on lymphocyte DNA damage induced by H₂O₂ (𝑛=100).

Treatment groups	Number of comet cells (%)	Distance of comet tail (μm); (mean ± SD)
Negative (A)	16.0	21.35±2.54
Positive (B)	98.0	49.23±7.27
Dilution ratio of FR (1 g/mL)
80 times (C)	82.0*	40.51±8.33^∗
40 times (D)	62.0**	35.29±7.81^∗∗
20 times (E)	28.0**	25.45±4.65^∗∗
10 times (F)	45.0^**#	34.36±8.12^∗∗
	𝜒^2=213.7	𝐹=163.5

^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, compared with the positive control. ^#𝑃<0.05, compared with E group.