Antioxidant capacity of Nitraria retusa leaf extracts against mitomycin C-induced genetic toxicity in male mice

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 3 Mean parentages of chromosomal aberration in spermatocyte cells of MMC-treated mice supplemented with different doses (50 and 100 mg/kg body wt) of Nitraria retusa leaf extracts at different time intervals (3 days, 1 week, and 1 month)

groups	No. of examined cells	Structural aberrations								Total abr.	Numerical variation				Total num variation
		Chain		Ring		Autosomal univalent		x-y univalent		Total abr.	N − 1		N + 1		Total num variation
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Control	250	2	0.4	1	0.2	0	0.0	2	0.4	5	2	0.66	1	0.33	3
MMC	250	14	0.27	12	0.23	11	0.21	15	0.29	52	13	0.45	16	0.55	29
MMC + NR50 3 days	250	10	0.24	11	0.26	9	0.21	12	0.29	42	9	0.41	13	0.59	22
MMC + NR100 3 days	250	9	0.24	9	0.24	8	0.22	11	0.30	37	8	0.42	11	0.58	19
MMC + NR50 1 week	250	8	0.26	7	0.23	7	0.23	8	0.27	30	6	0.40	9	0.60	15
MMC + NR100 1 week	250	6	0.28	5	0.23	5	0.23	6	0.28	21	5	0.40	6	0.60	11
MMC + NR50 1 month	250	4	0.25	3	0.19	4	0.25	5	0.31	16	4	0.57	3	0.43	7
MMC + NR100 1 month	250	3	0.23	2	0.22	2	0.22	2	0.22	9	3	0.6	2	0.4	5