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Table 2 Levels of zinc, cytotoxicity and genome stability measurements for HOK cells cultured in standard normal medium

From: Zinc deficiency or excess within the physiological range increases genome instability and cytotoxicity, respectively, in human oral keratinocyte cells

Levels of zinc (μg/million cells)

Absorbance (570 nm)

Tail moment (arbitrary unit)

Tail intensity (% DNA in tail)

Apoptotic cells (% apoptotic cells)

Necrotic cells (% necrotic cells)

NDI (NDI indices)

Micronuclei (MNi/1000 BN)

Nucleoplasmic bridges (NPB/1000 BN)

Nuclear buds (NBuds/1000 BN)

0.066 ± 0.004

0.585 ± 0.021

0.629 ± 0.043

8.809 ± 0.407

2.735 ± 0.447

4.780 ± 1.011

1.417 ± 0.029

1.275 ± 0.655

2.920 ± 1.340

1.650 ± 0.793