DNA Damage Across Dietary Patterns: A Comet Assay Study in Vegans and Omnivores.

Ines Peremin, Marko Gerić, Ivone Jakasa, Goran Gajski

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Beyond Dietary Identity: Habitual Food Consumption, Lifestyle Characteristics, and Mental Health in Adults Following Plant-Based Diets.Nutrients · 2026
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4 authors.

Ines PereminLaboratory for Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-0517-4734

Marko GerićDivision of Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-5886-4106

Ivone JakasaLaboratory for Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Goran GajskiDivision of Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-1886-1453

Funding

European Union 533-03-23-0006Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health N/A

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant-based diets are generally associated with a reduced risk of chronic diseases; however, the relationship between a vegan diet and genome integrity remains insufficiently characterized. In this cross-sectional study, we assessed primary DNA damage in peripheral blood cells of vegans and omnivores. A total of 62 apparently healthy adults were included: 31 vegans (median vegan diet duration 4.5 years) and 31 omnivores matched for sex and smoking status. DNA damage was assessed using the alkaline comet assay under standardized conditions and expressed as tail intensity (% tail DNA), tail length, tail moment, and total comet area. Tail intensity was significantly higher in vegans than in omnivores (

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comet assaycross-sectional studyDNA damageDNA strand breakshuman biomonitoringomnivorous dietvegan diet

Identifiers

PMID42121420

DOI10.3390/foods15091477

PMCPMC13164325

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