Thymus linearis Extracts Ameliorate Indices of Metabolic Syndrome in Sprague Dawley Rats

Table 7

Effects of Thymus linearis extracts on DNA integrity in brain, heart, liver, and kidney homogenates.

Groups	Comet length (μm)	Head length (μm)	Tail length (μm)	%DNA in head	%DNA in tail
Brain
STD-Cnt	^a	^a	^e	^a	^a
STD-CE	^a	^a	^e	^a	^b
Heart
STD-Cnt	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
STD-CE	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
Liver
STD-Cnt	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
STD-CE	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
Kidneys
STD-Cnt	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
STD-CE	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a

Note: results are presented as (). Means with different superscript (a-e) letters in the column are significantly different from one another according to Tukey’s multiple comparison at . STD: standard laboratory diet-control; Cnt: control; CE: combined extract.