Fruit
drinks
Dose
(mg/kg bw)
No of cells Comet class DNA damaged cells (%)
Analyzed Comet 0 1 2 3
Control   100 5 95 4 1 0 5
Pears 0.8 100 52 48 19 17 16 52
1.6 100 57 43 20 19 18 57
2.4 100 63 34 22 21 20 63
Cheery 0.8 100 22 78 8 9 5 22
1.6 100 27 73 10 10 7 27
2.4 100 33 67 12 11 10 33
Strawberry 0.8 100 38 62 15 12 11 38
1.6 100 43 57 16 14 13 43
2.4 100 49 51 18 16 15 49
Red grape 0.8 100 9 91 4 3 2 9
1.6 100 12 88 5 4 3 12
2.4 100 15 83 6 5 4 15
Table 2: DNA damage frequency in mice treated with some commercial fruit drinks using comet assay.