Effect of Se and green tea alone, and their combination on tumor incidence, multiplicity and size in AOM-treated rats.

AOM, azoxymethane; Se, selenium; SEM, standard errors of mean.Tumor study was undertaken by feeding animals with 4 different diets (25 rats per group), containing either control diet, green tea diet, Se diet and the combination diet. Animals received two weekly AOM (15 mg/kg) injections to induce tumor formation and killed 30 wk later.#No statistical analysis undertaken for adenocarcinomas due to the small numbers.Values with different superscripts (a, b, c) in each column were statistically different (P