Abstract
Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a diet containing either 0.005% β-carotene, 0.02% sodium ascorbate or 1.5% cellulose for 14 weeks. Beginning on day 3, all animals were also given weekly subcutaneous injections of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH; 20 mg/kg body wt.) throughout a 12-week period. The experimental diet was continued for an additional 14 weeks. At the end of the 26th week, surviving animals were sacrificed and the incidence of intestinal carcinomas was examined. A significantly lower incidence of carcinomas was observed in the β-carotene-fed group (55.0%), compared with that in the control group given DMH (82.1%).
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