tailieunhanh - Pathological evaluation of anti-tumour effects of withaferin a against experimentally induced mammary tumour in rats

With the aim to explore the anti-tumour effect of Withaferin A in DMBA (7,12- dimethylbenz[a]anthracene) induced mammary tumour in rats, seventy two female Sprague-Dawley rats were equally distributed to control, DMBA, tamoxifen and Withaferin A groups. Tamoxifen, which is widely used as first-line drug in the treatment of estrogen positive breast cancer was taken as standard for comparison. The study was conducted for a period of 16 weeks. DMBA (5 mg/rat/week/per os) at 4 weekly doses were used for tumour induction. Piloerection was noticed after DMBA administration. |