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. 2008 Jun 9;29(9):1665–1674. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgn142

Table IV.

Effects of lyophilized strawberries and black raspberries on NMBA-induced rat esophageal tumorigenesis when administered in the diet after NMBA treatment (postinitiation protocol)

Tumor multiplicity
Treatment Rat (n) Tumor incidence (%) Tumors/rat (mean ± standard error) % 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 ± 0.3a 38
    NMBA + 10% STRWs 15 100 3.3 ± 0.4a 31
Vehicle control 10 0 0 0
    10% BRs 10 0 0 0
    NMBA control 15 87 1.4 ± 0.3 0
    NMBA + 5% BRs 15 40a 0.5 ± 0.2a 64
    NMBA + 10% BRs 15 47a 0.8 ± 0.3a 43

STRWs, strawberries; BRs, black raspberries.

a

Statistically significant relative to NMBA controls (P < 0.05). STRW data are taken from Carlton et al. (38) and BR data are from Kresty et al. (25).