Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 2 The effect of A. andrachne methanol extract on the viability of Hep3B and HepG2 cells

From: Evaluation of the antioxidant and cytotoxic potency of Euphorbia rigida and Arbutus andrachne methanol extracts in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines in vitro

Concentrations (µg mL⁻¹)	Cell viability % ± SD
	Hep3B cells			HepG2 cells
	24 h	48 h	72 h	24 h	48 h	72 h
Control	100 ± 0.00	100 ± 0.00	100 ± 0.00	100 ± 0.00	100 ± 0.00	100 ± 0.00
Solvent control (DMSO)	98.96 ± 0.039	97.97 ± 0.063	97.27 ± 0.058	95.89 ± 0.076	95.49 ± 0.052	95.25 ± 0.066
Farmorubucin, 40	1.06 ± 0.014*	0 ± 0.000*	0 ± 0.000*	1.49 ± 0.013*	0.20 ± 0.002*	0 ± 0.000*
25	93.61 ± 0.138	102.13 ± 0.189	105.40 ± 0.264	95.61 ± 0.296	94.49 ± 0.115	92.23 ± 0.484
50	93.25 ± 0.155	111.24 ± 0.051	118.33 ± 0.071*	102.87 ± 0.215	100.09 ± 0.028	96.15 ± 0.089
100	89.76 ± 0.057	117.39 ± 0.041*	123.99 ± 0.123*	111.36 ± 0.123	102.71 ± 0.045	94.79 ± 0.121
150	104.14 ± 0.097	118.08 ± 0.016*	126.72 ± 0.040*	105.64 ± 0.035	100.34 ± 0.077	91.43 ± 0.037
200	105.80 ± 0.178	127.00 ± 0.134*	131.03 ± 0.061*	104.59 ± 0.133	93.19 ± 0.092	86.87 ± 0.521
400	108.03 ± 0.066	128.01 ± 0.028*	132.42 ± 0.100*	99.59 ± 0.030	91.77 ± 0.039	82.53 ± 0.145*
500	112.31 ± 0.144	128.48 ± 0.071*	133.43 ± 0.211*	97.90 ± 0.042	88.56 ± 0.216	67.05 ± 0.031*

Data are the mean ± SD of three separate determinations. Means with an asterisk in the same line indicate a significant (p < 0.05) difference between the concentrations tested. Means with asterisks in the same column indicate the significant (p < 0.05) difference between the solvent used

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