Antitumour Effects of Isocurcumenol Isolated from Curcuma zedoaria Rhizomes on Human and Murine Cancer Cells

Table 4

Effect of the i.p administration of the purified fraction of Curcuma zedoaria on the life span of DLA tumour bearing mice.

Treatments	No: of mice survived after tumour inoculation (days)			Mean survival time (MST) (days)	Increase in life span (%)
	15	25	35
Group 1 (DLA Control)	6/6	0/6	0/6	21±2.1	—
Group 2 CZPF 62.5 mg/kg bw	6/6	3/6	0/6	25±1.7	19.0
Group 3 CZPF 50 mg/kg bw	6/6	4/6	0/6	26±2.0	23.8
Group 4 CZPF 41.6 mg/kg bw	6/6	4/6	0/6	29±2.3	38.0
Group 5 CZPF 35.7 mg/kg bw	6/6	5/6	0/6	30±1.9	42.8
Group 6 CYP (25 mg/kg bw)	6/6	6/6	3/6	32±1.5	52.3