The effects of S. alata treatment on body weight are shown in Figure . The body weight change is a physical parameter that associates with the effect of the carcinogen. Rats in the control group had a normal weight accumulation, whereas the weight gain in the carcinogen exposed groups were significantly lower than the control group. However, the administration of S.alata extract significantly slowed the carcinogen-induced body weight loss in a dose dependent manner. There was a gradual increase of up to 7.7% in weight gain in rats treated with 200mg/g bwt of plant extract compared with the untreated and the rats treated with standard drug tamoxifen. Thus, treatment with the S.alata significantly reversed the stress-induced weight loss.