Anticancer Activity of Rhizophora mucronata Leaves Extract on Sprague–Dawley Rats: In Vivo Model

Table 3

The animal groups specification in anticancer studies.

S. no.	Groups	Specifications	No. of rats
1	Group I	Control rats received normal pelleted diet	6 females
2	Group II	Mammary carcinoma was induced in animals by a single dose of DMBA 20 mg/kg (7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene)	6 females
3	Group III	Test sample, mammary carcinoma rats treated with methanolic extract of R. mucronata 250 mg/kg body weight	6 females
4	Group IV	Positive control, mammary carcinoma rats treated with 20 mg/kg standard drug (5′fluorouracil, Sigma-Aldrich)	6 females