TABLE L.45
Effect of d-Limonene on Aberrant Crypt/Focus Induced by AOM in Rat Colon1

ACF/Focus
Treatment 1 crypts 2 crypts 3 crypts 4 crypts 5 crypts
AOM alone 46.0±6.6 48.5±11.7 28.8±5.4 6.6±1.1 1.5±1
AOM+d-limonene 40.5±11.5 32.8±6.0b 14.2±4.1c 1.5±0.5c 0.5±0.8

1 Significantly different from AOM alone by Student’s t test (b, p<0.05; c, p<0.001). From Kawamori et al., Carcinogenesis, 17:369–372, 1996. With permission.