Research Article
Anticancer Activity of Rhizophora mucronata Leaves Extract on Sprague–Dawley Rats: In Vivo Model
Table 3
The animal groups specification in anticancer studies.
| S. no. | Groups | Specifications | No. of rats |
| 1 | Group I | Control rats received normal pelleted diet | 6 females | 2 | Group II | Mammary carcinoma was induced in animals by a single dose of DMBA 20 mg/kg (7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene) | 6 females | 3 | Group III | Test sample, mammary carcinoma rats treated with methanolic extract of R. mucronata 250 mg/kg body weight | 6 females | 4 | Group IV | Positive control, mammary carcinoma rats treated with 20 mg/kg standard drug (5′fluorouracil, Sigma-Aldrich) | 6 females |
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