Aqueous Extract of Dacryodes edulis (Burseraceae) Leaves Inhibited Tumor Growth in Female Wistar Rats with 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-Induced Breast Cancer

Table 2

Percentage inhibition of tumor growth following treatments.

Tumor volume in cm^3 (percentage inhibition of tumor growth)
	Week 0	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
DMBA + DW	0.72 ± 0.16	2.61 ± 0.58	3.49 ± 0.78	3.98 ± 0.79
DMBA + TAM	0.47 ± 0.12	1.04 ± 0.23 (60%)	1.75 ± 0.39 (50%)	2.40 ± 0.34(38%)
DMBA + AE 25	0.46 ± 0.1	2.11 ± 0.47 (19%)	2.63 ± 0.58 (25%)	3.56 ± 0.71 (11%)
DMBA + AE 100	0.39 ± 0.1	1.75 ± 0.39 (33%)	2.04 ± 0.54 (42%)	3.15 ± 0.63 (21%)

DMBA: 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene; DW: distilled water; TAM: tamoxifen; AE: aqueous extract of D. edulis leaves. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 5); , , and as compared to DMBA + DW.