Original Article

Red Mold Rice Mitigates Oral Carcinogenesis in 7,12-Dimethyl-1,2-Benz[a]anthracene-Induced Oral Carcinogenesis in Hamster

Table 1

Incidence of oral neoplasm in control and experiment animal groups ( ).

GroupTreatmentNo. of tumorMean tumor volume (m )Tumor burden (m )

DDMBA 6 weeks alone1826.92 ± 20.1192.86 ± 63.68
ADMBA 6 weeks + 6% celecoxib948.57 ± 20.8672.85 ± 28.59
BDMBA 6 weeks + RMRE1023.74 ± 21.3435.76 ± 18.49*
CDMBA 6 weeks + Lovastatin1042.25 ± 25.4299.42 ± 98.71
OLOil 14 weeks0

*Significantly different when compared with group D (P  .05) by Student's t-test.