Research Article

Chemopreventive Effects of Propolis in the MNU-Induced Rat Mammary Tumor Model

Table 3

Comparative data concerning mammary and non-mammary tumors developed in rats of Groups 1 and 2.

Experimental groupMultiplicity1Average MTM(%)2 relative to FBW3Average mammary tumors volume4Total number of mammary tumors/groupNon-mammary tumors/group

Group 1374
Group 2nsnsns182

1Multiplicity (i.e., average mammary tumor number/rat); 2MTM: mammary tumor mass; 3FBW: final body weight; 4Mammary tumor volume calculated using the formula suggested by Woditschka et al., 2008. In order to determine significant differences between mean values, Student’s test was used (GraphPad Prism version 6.07).