Research Article

Evaluation of Selected Honey and One of Its Phenolic Constituent Eugenol against L1210 Lymphoid Leukemia

Table 1

Antileukemic activity of selected honey and eugenol.

Treatment groupsMedian survival time% Inference

Sample B (50% v/v i.p.)8.0 days102.56Nonsignificant activity
Sample C (50% v/v)8.16 days104.61Nonsignificant activity
Eugenol (100 mg/kg i.p.)8.6 days110.25Nonsignificant activity
5-FU (20 mg/kg i.p.)13.0 days166.66Significant activity
Control (NS 0.2 mL i.p.)7.8 days