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Table 3 IC50 (μg/mL) values for the in vitro cytotoxic activity of plants crude extracts on five human cancer cell lines

From: In vitro anticancer screening of 24 locally used Nigerian medicinal plants

Species

BT-549

BT-20

PC-3

SW-480

JURKAT

Allanblackia floribunda

14.7 ± 0.23

48.3 ± 2.90

29.4 ± 0.69

57.1 ± 1.16

Nd

Bidens pilosa

43.1 ± 6.09

53.7 ± 2.16*

47.7 ± 2.69*

Nd

75.6 ± 1.06*

Bryophyllum pinnatum

48.2 ± 1.56

82.4 ± 0.17*

48.3 ± 1.05*

Nd

Nd

Byrsocarpus coccineus Bark

24.6 ± 0.99

52.9 ± 4.11*

43.7 ± 1.02*

Nd

65.2 ± 0.87*

Leaves

18.6 ± 4.85

31.3 ± 0.53*

29.1 ± 0.64*

Nd

43.4 ± 1.77*

Cajanus cajan

56.1 ± 10.09

56.8 ± 2.60

50.5 ± 0.76

52 ± 0.53

Nd

Daniellia oliveri

28.1 ± 0.56

153.1 ± 1.56

130.0 ± 0.45

147.0 ± 0.47

Nd

Erythrophleum suaveolens

0.55 ± 0.18

0.50 ± 0.03

1.30 ± 0.14

0.80 ± 0.11

0.20 ± 0.05

Hoslundia opposita

76.4 ± 7.89

56.1 ± 1.57

59.7 ± 8.11

Nd

>200

Jatropa curcas

L. 21.3 ± 0.38

33.4 ± 0.70

>200

>200

>200

Landolphia dulcis

16.3 ± 4.31

>200

>200

>200

Nd

Lannea nigritana

48.2 ± 3.52

Nd

>200

Nd

53.5 ± 0.35*

Parkia biglobosa

100.0 ± 0.67

125.0 ± 2.21

56.1 ± 0.45

136.0 ± 0.81

Nd

Parkia filicoidea

149.0 ± 2.65

>200

94.3 ± 0.50

Nd

Nd

Pterocarpus santalinoides

57.9 ± 0.35

>200

>200

>200

10.2 ± 0.25

Sida acuta

10.3 ± 0.21

41.1 ± 1.05

37.1 ± 0.18

Nd

42.3 ± 0.79

Tetrapleura tetraptera

9.1 ± 1.40

23.1 ± 7.05

Nd

Nd

37.5 ± 5.13*

Vitex doniana Bark

62.5 ± 0.23

171.1 ± 1.33

>200

89.2 ± 6.65

84.0 ± 1.13

Root

44.9 ± 0.10

152.3 ± 1.22

177.3 ± 1.01

45.6 ± 1.35

43.4 ± 0.64

  1. Results are expressed as mean ± SD (μg/mL) of three replicate experiments. Nd = Not determined. There was a significant difference in cell inhibition in extract-treated cultures compared with DMSO-control in all cell lines (P<0.05).