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Table 3 Median scores and mean ranks of COX-2 expression according to group

From: Germinated brown rice (GBR) reduces the incidence of aberrant crypt foci with the involvement of β-catenin and COX-2 in azoxymethane-induced colon cancer in rats

Group

Median score*

Mean score

AOM + basal diet

(G1)

6.00a

324.16

AOM + basal diet + 2.5 g/kg of GBR

(G2)

5.00b

241.72

AOM + basal diet + 5 g/kg of GBR

(G3)

4.00c

182.25

AOM + basal diet +10 g/kg of GBR

(G4)

4.00c

170.04

Basal diet alone (G5)

3.00d

54.15

  1. *Median scores with different superscript are significantly different at p < 0.05 (Mann-Whitney U-test).