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Table 3 Serum (S) (ng/ml) and tumor homogenate (T) (ng/g) steroid hormone concentrations in control and indole-3-carbinol (I3C) groups after 3 weeks of treatment

From: Effects of indole-3-carbinol on steroid hormone profile and tumor progression in a mice model of canine inflammatory mammarycancer

 

Control xenograft

I3C xenograft

Estrone sulphate (E1SO4)

S

0.12 ± 0.03 a,1

0.24 ± 0.05 a,1

T

13.71 ± 2.42 a,2

27.09 ± 3.09 b,2

Estradiol (E2)

S

11.98 ± 0.82 a,1

12.62 ± 1.01 a,1

T

7.44 ± 0.60 a,2

13.89 ± 0.99 b,1

Androstenedione (A4)

S

5.96 ± 0.77 a,1

6.10 ± 1.28 a,1

T

5.16 ± 0.99 a,1

20.46 ± 5.17 b,2

Testosterone (T)

S

1.20 ± 0.09 a,1

1.76 ± 0.25 b,1

T

12.16 ± 3.07 a,2

4.02 ± 1.21 b,1

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

S

2.96 ± 0.16 a,1

3.06 ± 0.37 a,2

T

2.32 ± 0.11 a,1

2.86 ± 0.63 a,2

Progesterone (P4)

S

0.69 ± 0.07 a,1

1.15 ± 0.10 b,1

T

5.37 ± 1.04 a,2

7.75 ± 1.98 a,2

  1. All values expressed as mean ± standard error. Different letters denote significant differences (p < 0.05) among groups. Different numbers denote significant differences (p < 0.05) between serum samples and tumor tissue homogenates, in the same treatment group