Table 6. Effect of CdCl₂(C₁₄H₂₁N₃O ₂) complex on AOM-induced colonic ACF containing four or more aberrant crypts in rats.

	No. of crypts per ACF
Treatment group	1 crypt	2 crypt	3 crypt	4 crypt and more	Total ACF	Inhibition %
Vehicle control group	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0
Cancer control group	9 ± 0.43	27 ± 3.27	21 ± 3.27	30 ± 1.27	88 ± 6.7	0
Positive control group	2 ± 0.03*	6 ± 0.69*	5 ± 0.64*	10 ± 0.26*	22 ± 2.81*	75.2*
Low dosage of complex (25 mg/kg)	2 ± 0.71*	5 ± 0.14*	5 ± 0.19*	14 ± 1.04*	26 ± 2.70*	71.3*
High dosage of complex (50 mg/kg)	2 ± 0.41*	5 ± 0.52*	4 ± 0.27*	13 ± 1.13*	24 ± 1.53*	73.4*

Values are expressed as the means ± S.E.M. Significance was set at P < 0.05, compared with cancer control group.