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Chemopreventive Effects of Propolis in the MNU-Induced Rat Mammary Tumor Model

Oxid Med Cell Longev

Currently, one of the central problems in cancer management is the relapse of disease following conventional treatments, yet few therapeutic agents targeting resistance and tolerance exist. Propolis is known as a healing

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Reference Id
4047
Evidence Id
20637
Core Evidence Id
20637
Source Reference Id
1377
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF002174
Subject Paper Key
HERB001705_32184916
Pubmed Id
32184916
Doi
10.1155/2020/4014838
Paper Title
Chemopreventive Effects of Propolis in the MNU-Induced Rat Mammary Tumor Model
Paper Abstract
Currently, one of the central problems in cancer management is the relapse of disease following conventional treatments, yet few therapeutic agents targeting resistance and tolerance exist. Propolis is known as a healing agent since ancient times. Therefore, over time, its curative properties have kept the interest of scientists, thus leading permanently to investigations of its other possible undiscovered effects. In this context, current experiments were performed to establish the chemopreventive potential of propolis extract (PE) (1.05 mg/kg BW/day) in N-methyl-N-nitrosourea- (MNU-) induced rat mammary tumors. MNU-inoculated/PE-treated rats had tumors of different physical attributes compared with control rats MNU-inoculated. The number of developed tumors (mean 49% versus 100%), incidence (mean 49% versus 100%), multiplicity (1.8 versus 3.7 (p < 0.001)), tumor volume (mean 10 cm3 versus 16 cm3 (p < 0.001)), and weight of the tumor mass (mean 7.42 g versus 9.00 g (p < 0.05)) were noted. The numbers of grade I tumors recorded for MNU-inoculated rats were 24 (Group 1) and 7 (Group 2) for MNU-induced/PE-treated rats. In the serum of rats MNU-inoculated/PE-treated were found higher levels of antioxidative enzymes (SOD, CAT, and GPx) than in MNU-induced. Taken together, these data indicate that propolis could be a chemopreventive agent against MNU-induced mammary carcinogenesis.
Journal
Oxid Med Cell Longev
Publish Year
2020
Experiment Subject
rat
Experiment Type
Animal Experiment
Phenotype Related
Grade I Tumors; Tumor; Cancer; Mammary Tumors; Tumors
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Paper Title En
Chemopreventive Effects of Propolis in the MNU-Induced Rat Mammary Tumor Model
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