And in the most recent experiments, lyophilized oregano haulm (3 and 30 g/kg of chow) or cloves (10 g/kg of chow), respectively, rich in phenolic compounds and terpenoids, similarly increased caspase-3 expression and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio in rat tumor cells [16, 17] (Fig. 3). The gene discussed is CASP3; the disease is neoplasm.