Table 1 Time-course changes of the % tail DNA in the corneal epithelial cells of rabbit

Saline

9.6 ± 4.8 (5.0)

13.4 ± 1.0 (8.3)

10.2 ± 1.3 (5.7)

9.8 ± 3.1 (3.2)

8.3 ± 1.7 (2.6)

1% EtBr

31.0 ± 3.0^a (25.8)

28.1 ± 1.6^a (22.6)

55.3 ± 1.4^a (61.5)

41.0 ± 6.5^a (40.4)

10.0 ± 4.0 (5.4)

3% MMS

66.2 ± 1.8^a (70.8)

63.6 ± 4.4^a (69.4)

47.1 ± 7.2^a (48.9)

50.1 ± 2.8^a (56.0)

40.1 ± 2.4^a (38.1)

1% 4-NQO

55.2 ± 11.2^a (58.3)

38.9 ± 7.8^a (39.4)

35.9 ± 2.6^a (36.0)

26.1 ± 2.6^a (22.0)

18.7 ± 5.0^a (14.5)