2.6. Survival assay
For the survival analysis, fifty mice were inoculated with tumor
cells prepared by intraperitoneal inoculation (i.p.) and treatment
was performed as mentioned above for 60 days. The survival time
of animals was monitored and recorded daily. The test continued
for 60 days and those that lived more than 60 days were defaulted
as 60 days. The percent survival(%) was calculated using the following
equations: percent survival (%) = [(10 − numbers of mice died in
each group)/10] × 100.