Body weight gain Group Day 7 Day 14 Day 21 Day 28 G1 20.4  ±  1.1 d 40.1 ± 2.6 c 60.2 ± 2.1 b 83.7 ± 2.8 a G2 -12.9  ±  1.8 g -23.5 ± 2.2 h -34.5 ± 1.4 i -38.1 ± 2.1 i G3 -8.0  ±  0.8 g -7.9 ± 2.5 fg -5.5 ± 3.0 f 9.00 ± 1.0 e G4 17.7  ±  1.5 d 35.4 ±  2.4 c 55.4 ± 3.9 c 67.2 ± 3.2 a

Table 1: Effect of ATRA and/or bleomycin treatment on body weight gain (Δg) of treated rats. Values are the means of 8 replicates ± SD. Different letters indicate significant differences at P ≤ 0.05 as determined by Duncan’s multiple range tests.