Acanthus ilicifolius plant extract prevents DNA alterations in a transplantable Ehrlich ascites carcinoma-bearing murine model

Table 1 Body weight of different groups of mice

Daysfollowing tumourtransplantation	Body weight (g)
	Normal control	EAC control	ALE control	EAC + ALE
0	15.6 ± 0.33	15.7 ± 0.46	15.5 ± 0.28	15.6 ± 0.38
10	16.9 ± 0.36	18.4 ± 0.58a	17.2 ± 0.41	17.7 ± 0.29
20	18.3 ± 0.26	21.5 ± 0.51b	18.5 ± 0.29	19.8 ± 0.35c
30	20.6 ± 0.39	25.4 ± 0.66b	21.1 ± 0.35	21.7 ± 0.49d

Abbreviations: ALE: Aqueous leaf extract of A ilicifolius; EAC: Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. Values represent mean ± SE (n = 10).

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.001 vs Normal control;

^cP < 0.02, and

^dP < 0.001 vs EAC control.