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Table 4 Body, tumor and carcass weight of non-tumor bearing rats (prefix C), and Walker 256 tumor-bearing rats (prefix W)

From: Antitumor and anti-cachectic effects of shark liver oil and fish oil: comparison between independent or associative chronic supplementation in Walker 256 tumor-bearing rats

Group

Body weight before tumor inoculation (g)

Body weight 14 days after inoculation (g)

Tumor weight on 14th day (g)

Carcass on 14th day (g)

Weight change (g)

C

322.3 ± 17.5

338.4 ± 16.8

-

-

+16.2 ± 2.0

CSLO

317.4 ± 13.5

336.5 ± 12.2

-

-

+17.9 ± 3.9

CFO

316.8 ± 7.8

334.4 ± 7.2

-

-

+17.7 ± 2.1

CSLO + FO

331.5 ± 7.0

351.1 ± 7.7

-

-

+19.6 ± 2.3

W

321.3 ± 17.3

319.0 ± 11.9

18.4 ± 1.0

301.5 ± 11.6

−18.5 ± 1.4b

WSLO

320.1 ± 6.7

348.8 ± 7.9

10.9 ± 1.1a

337.9 ± 7.1

+12.9 ± 2.5a

WFO

317.3 ± 11.6

338.3 ± 8.8

7.3 ± 0.6ac

331.1 ± 8.7

+15.5 ± 0.9a

WSLO + FO

327.0 ± 9.6

349.4 ± 12.6

8.2 ± 0.6a

340.9 ± 13.2a

+18.5 ± 1.9a

  1. Rats fed regular chow (C and W), supplemented with SLOil (CSLO and WSLO), FOil (CFO and WFO) and both (CSLO + FO and WSLO + FO). Data are presented as mean ± SEM of 4 independent experiments of 5 rats per group (n = 20). ap < 0.05 compared to W; bp < 0.01 compared to C; cp < 0.01 compared to WSLO.