Table 4.
Effects of FA on body weight gain and tumor growth of A549 tumor-bearing nude mice () (total n = 30).
Group | Dosage |
Weight gain |
Tumor weight |
Tumor volume |
---|---|---|---|---|
mg/kg | g | g | mm3 | |
Vehicle | – | 0.47 ± 0.72a | 0.48 ± 0.07a | 622.7 ± 109.9a |
FA25 | 25 | −0.05 ± 1.42a | 0.41 ± 0.04b | 331.9 ± 123.5b |
FA50 | 50 | 0.77 ± 1.36a | 0.41 ± 0.04b | 412.9 ± 130.0b |
FA100 | 100 | 0.33 ± 0.66a | 0.33 ± 0.03c | 338.6 ± 78.0b |
5-fluorouracil | 20 | −1.9 ± 0.80b | 0.39 ± 0.03b | 411.4 ± 89.0b |
Note. Means not sharing any lowercase letters are significantly different by the Student-Newman-Keuls test at the 5% level of significance.