Acute Toxicity and Genotoxic Activity of Avocado Seed Extract (Persea americana Mill., c.v. Hass)

Table 1

Micronucleated peripheral reticulocytes (MNRET) formed by P. americana seed extract.

Samples	Dose (mg/kg)	MNRET/1000 RET
		Number	%
Alcohol-water solution		10.6±1.1	1.06±0.11
P. americana seed extract	250	16.4±4.5	1.64±0.45
Colchicine	4	189.2±19.3	18.92±1.93^∗

The data are presented as mean standard deviation of three repetitions. Asterisks denote statistical differences compared with control (^∗𝑃<0.05).