BACKGROUND Azoxymethane (AOM) is a potent carcinogenic agent commonly used to induce colon cancer in rats; the cytotoxicity of AOM is considered to mediate oxidative stress. This study investigated the chemopreventive effect of three natural extracts [pomegranate peel extract (PomPE), papaya peel extract (PapPE) and seaweed extract (SE)] against AOM-induced oxidative stress and carcinogenesis i...

A total of 360 monosex Nile tilapia (O. niloticus) fingerlings (mean individual initial weight = 30.8 ± 2.0 g) were divided into eight equal treatments, including a control. Each treatment, the control, consisted three replicates (15 fish per replicate). The in control group fed basal diet containing 25% protein. In other 7 was supplemented with pomegranate peel at rate 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, or 2...