Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to prove the effectiveness of the curcuma longa extract to mammary adenocarcinoma with chemotherapy. METHODS: This research employs an in vivo experimental laboratory design with a post-test-only control group. Thirty female Balb/c mice with mammary adenocarcinoma were randomly assigned to five groups: K- (without chemotherapy), K+ (with chemotherapy), P1 (chemotherapy with 100 mg C. longa), P2 (chemotherapy with 150 mg C. longa), and P3 (chemotherapy with 200 mg C. longa). After a five-week treatment period, granzyme expression was examined by immunohistochemistry, and tumor diameter was measured. Data normality test using the Shapiro-Wilk test, then homogeneity test using the Levene test. Tumor diameter use test with One Way Anova followed by the Post Hoc LSD test to determine differences between groups. Statistical significance was defined as p <0.05. RESULT: The highest levels of granzyme expression were observed in the P3 group, with the results P3 were 51.83±19.66 and data was found to be normally homogeneous (p: 0,137) and distributed (p: 0,486). A comparative analysis revealed notable disparities between K-vsP3 (p=0.001), K+vsP1 (p=0.028), K+vsP2 (p=0.016), K+vsP3 (p=<0.001), and P1vsP3 (p=0.037). The smallest tumor diameter was observed in the P3 group, with the results for group P3 were 10.55±2.33 and and data was found to be normally homogeneous (p: 0,667) and distributed (p: 0,796). CONCLUSION: The administration of Curcuma longa extract in conjunction with chemotherapy has been demonstrated to enhance granzyme expression and reduce tumor diameter in mammary adenocarcinoma.