Inositol hexaphosphate-induced enhancement of natural killer cell activity correlates with suppression of colon carcinogenesis in rats

Table 1 Effect of InsP6 on mortality of rats

Groups	Survival	Death	Mortality (%)
Control	9	6	40
InsP6	14	1	7.1b

^bP<0.01 vs control group.

Table 2 Effect of InsP6 on total large intestinal carcinomas (mean±SD)

Groups	n	Incidence of tumor (%)	Average tumor number	Average sign of tumor (mm3)
Control	15	80	4.1±1.2	1 080.3±463.4
InsP6	15	73	0.9±0.2b	123.6±29.6a

^aP<0.05,

^bP<0.01 vs control group.

Table 3 Effect of InsP6 on blood NK cell activity (NK-A) (mean±SD)

Group	n	NK-A (%)
Control	9	15.7±1.2
InsP6	14	42.2±1.1b

^bP<0.01 vs control group.