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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2006;54(1):33–46. doi: 10.1207/s15327914nc5401_5

Table 4.

Postinitiation Effects of Dietary STRWs and BRBs on NMBA-Induced Esophageal Tumorigenesis in the Fischer 344 Rata

Tumor Multiplicity
Treatment Rats
(n)		 Tumor
Incidence (%)		 Tumors/Rat
(mean ± SE)		 %
Inhibition
Vehicle control 10 0 0 0
10% STRWs 10 0 0 0
NMBA control 14 100 4.8 ± 0.6 0
NMBA + 5% STRWs 15 100 3.0 ± 0.3b 38
NMBA + 10% STRWs 15 100 3.3 ± 0.4b 31
Vehicle control 10 0 0 0
10% BRBs 10 0 0 0
NMBA control 15 87 1.4 ± 0.3 0
NMBA + 5% BRBs 15 40b 0.5 ± 0.2b 64
NMBA + 10% BRBs 15 47b 0.8 ± 0.3b 43
a

Abbreviations are as follows: STRWs, strawberries; BRBs, black raspberries; NMBA, N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine.

b

Significantly different from NMBA controls (P < 0.05). STRW data are taken from Ref. 31 and BRB data are from Ref. 32.