Antimutagenic Effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Aqueous Extract on Rats Treated with Monosodium Glutamate

Table 1

The effect of H. sabdariffa L. on the frequencies of MNPCEs in the bone marrow after treatment with cyclophosphamide (CP).

Treatment	Number of analyzed cells	MNPCEs		Reduction (%)
		No	%
Water + 0.9%	10.000	83	0.83
Water + CP (25 mg/Kg	10.000	128	1.28
H. sabdariffa L. + CP (25 mg/Kg)	16.000	87	0.87
H. sabdariffa L. + 0.9% NaCl	16.000	60	0.60

Control; Cyclophosphamide; p < 0,001. Chi-square test.