Dietary Crocin Inhibits Colitis and Colitis-Associated Colorectal Carcinogenesis in Male ICR Mice

Table 1

Body and liver weights and the length of large bowel of mice at wk 18.

Group no.	Treatment	No. of mice examined	Body wt (BW, g)	Liver wt (g)	Relative liver wt (g/100 g BW)	Length of large bowel (cm)
1	AOM/DSS	20	44±5^a	2.26±0.37	5.19±0.72	12.6±1.4
2	AOM/DSS/50 ppm crocin	20	47±6	2.31±0.46	4.90±0.58	12.7±1.0
3	AOM/DSS/100 ppm crocin	20	47±4	2.35±0.39	5.00±0.88	12.8±1.2
4	AOM/DSS/200 ppm crocin	20	45±4	2.20±0.31	4.95±0.74	12.8±1.5
5	200 ppm crocin	10	42±5	1.99±0.31	4.74±0.66	12.1±1.4
6	None	10	42±4	1.95±0.18	4.70±0.27	12.6±0.9

 ^aMean ± SD.