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

Table 6 Percentage of apoptotic, necrotic and viable cells of 256 Walker tumors

Groups	Apoptotic cells (%)	Necrotic cells (%)	Viable cells (%)
W	19.8 ± 2.3	30.6 ± 1.1	49.6 ± 2.7
WSLO	56.9 ± 1.0^a	12.8 ± 1.2^a	28.9 ± 1.5^a
WFO	68.5 ± 2.9^ab	7.5 ± 0.9^ab	23.7 ± 1.0^a
WSLO + FO	64.8 ± 0.6^ab	13.5 ± 0.5^a	21.6 ± 0.7^ab

Values determined by FACS (fluorescence-activated cell sorting), from animals fed regular regular chow (W), and supplemented with SLOil (WSLO), FOil (WFO), and both (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 < 0,05 compared to WSLO.

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