Chemotherapeutic Efficacy of Indigofera aspalathoides on 20-Methylcholanthrene-Induced Fibrosarcoma in Rats

Table 1

The levels of nucleic acids in liver and kidney of control and experimental animals.

Parameters (mg/gm.wt. of tissue)	Group I (control)	Group II (fibrosarcoma)	Group III (fibrosarcoma+ I. aspalathoides)	Group IV I. aspalathoides
Liver
DNA	5.45 ± 0.46	6.54 ± 0.25^a*	5.46 ± 0.45^a NS b*	5.32 ± 0.34^aNS
RNA	7.58 ± 0.27	8.95 ± 0.45^a*	7.72 ± 0.29^a NS b*	4.38 ± 0.22^aNS
Kidney
DNA	4.42 ± 2.1	5.90 ± 0.54^a*	4.48 ± 0.29^a NS b*	4.38 ± 0.22^aNS
RNA	6.34 ± 0.38	7.99 ± 0.36^a*	6.25 ± 0.41^a NS b*	6.23 ± 0.42^a NS

^aGroup II, III, and IV compared with Group I, ^bGroup III compared with Group II. Values are mean ± SD: 𝑁=6, *𝑝<0.001, ^@𝑝<0.05. NS: not significant.