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Effects of sub-chronic, oral, 28-day exposure to chlorpyrifos on primary DNA damage (tail DNA %) in bone marrow cells of adult male Wistar rats (N=5 per group) assessed with the alkaline comet assay
| Experimental group | Tail intensity (DNA %) |
|---|---|
| Negative control | 3.00±0.12 |
| 0.47 | |
| 0–27.83 | |
| Positive control (ethyl methane sulphonate) | 16.33±0.32* |
| 15.33 | |
| 0–47.55 | |
| Solvent control (0.03 % ethanol) | 3.58±0.15 |
| 0.46 | |
| 0–31.96 | |
| CPF 0.010 mg/kg bw/day | 3.09±0.12 |
| 0.48 | |
| 0–30.68 | |
| CPF 0.015 mg/kg bw/day | 3.21±0.14 |
| 0.42 | |
| 0–38.85 | |
| CPF 0.160 mg/kg bw/day | 2.70±0.13 |
| 0.31 | |
| 0–54.96 | |