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

Table 2

The levels of hexose, hexosamine, and sialic acid in liver and kidney of control and experimental animals.

Parameters (mg/g. defatted tissue)	Group I Control	Group II Fibrosarcoma	Group III Fibrosarcoma + I. aspalathoides	Group IV I. aspalathoides
Liver: hexose	19.44 ± 1.84	31.89 ± 2.72^a*	23.55 ± 2.12^a@b*	20.91 ± 1.66^a NS
Hexosamine	4.09 ± 0.36	8.86 ± 0.92^a*	5.06 ± 0.46^a*b*	4.70 ± 0.32^a NS
Sialic acid	0.28 ± 0.02	0.76 ± 0.08^a*	0.35 ± 0.04^a@b*	0.29 ± 0.03^a NS
Kidney: hexose	18.84 ± 1.50	26.16 ± 3.05^a*	20.18 ± 2.11^a@b*	19.22 ± 1.75^a NS
Hexosamine	2.17 ± 0.17	3.39 ± 0.38^a*	2.62 ± 0.20^a@b*	2.27 ± 0.16^a NS
Sialic acid	0.30 ± 0.03	0.55 ± 0.07^a*	0.36 ± 0.05^aNSb*	0.32 ± 0.03^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.