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 (
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| Group | Treatment | No. of tumor | Mean tumor volume (m) | Tumor burden (m) |
| D | DMBA 6 weeks alone | 18 | 26.92 ± 20.11 | 92.86 ± 63.68 | A | DMBA 6 weeks + 6% celecoxib | 9 | 48.57 ± 20.86 | 72.85 ± 28.59 | B | DMBA 6 weeks + RMRE | 10 | 23.74 ± 21.34 | 35.76 ± 18.49* | C | DMBA 6 weeks + Lovastatin | 10 | 42.25 ± 25.42 | 99.42 ± 98.71 | OL | Oil 14 weeks | 0 | — | — |
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*Significantly different when compared with group D (P .05) by Student's t-test.
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