Table 1.

Effect of body weight and tumor weight of control and experimental rats

Animals	Initial body weight (g)	Final body weight (g)	Tumor weight (mg)
Group I	135 ± 3.7	227 ± 2.1	-
Group II	132 ± 1.7	184 ± 3.5a*	260 ± 0.21
Group III	136 ± 2.1	205 ± 4.1b*	132 ± 0.14b*
Group IV	137 ± 2.0	231 ± 4.7ns	-

Group I control animals express normal body weight at the initial and final experimental period. Group II cancer bearing animals show decreased final body weight compared to group I animals. Group III myrtenal treated animals express gradual increase in the final body weight compared to group II animals. No significant changes observed in group IV myrtenal alone treated animals. Values represent mean ± S.D. of six rats from each group.

^aGroup II, III, IV compared with group I,

^bGroup III compared with group II,

^*p<0.05,

^nsnot significant.