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Table 1 Effects of TQF (10 mg/kg, 30 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) on ‘promotion’ stage of DMBA/TPA-induced mouse skin tumorigenesis after 20 weeks

From: Low dose triterpene-quinone fraction from Ardisia crispa root precludes chemical-induced mouse skin tumor promotion

Group

Body weight (g)

Tumor Incidence (%)

Tumor burden

Tumor volume (mm3)

 
 

Initial

Final

   

I

20.5 ± 0.43

32.4 ± 0.93

-

-

-

II

23.3 ± 0.54

35.4 ± 1.01

60a

2.00 ± 0.37a

7.62 ± 3.51a

III

23.6 ± 0.64

32.3 ± 0.56

25b

1.50 ± 0.50a

4.59 ± 3.58a,b

IV

20.7 ± 0.50

32.8 ± 0.97

33.3c

1.00 ± 0.00b

1.48 ± 0.37b

V

21.8 ± 0.49

33.3 ± 1.09

77.8a

2.29 ± 0.52a

9.16 ± 3.21c

VI

21.7 ± 0.30

31.6 ± 0.70

100d

7.30 ± 1.07c

13.67 ± 5.29d

VII

22.4 ± 0.81

33.2 ± 1.98

-

-

-

VIII

21.2 ± 0.73

32.8 ± 0.49

-

-

-

IX

20 ± 0.48

33.8 ± 1.18

-

-

-

  1. Values expressed as mean ± S.E.M. (group I-VI, n = 10; group VII-IX, n = 5)
  2. Values with different superscript letters(a, b,c, d) within the same column are statistically different (P < 0.05)
  3. Group: I (vehicle control); II (carcinogen control); III (reference group, 10 mg/kg curcumin); IV (10 mg/kg TQF); V (30 mg/kg TQF); VI (100 mg/kg TQF); VII (treatment control, 10 mg/kg TQF); VIII (treatment control, 30 mg/kg TQF); IX (treatment control, 100 mg/kg TQF)