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Table 3 Cytotoxicity against Vero cells LC50 (μg/ml) from Elisha et al., [32] and Selectivity Index of the nine selected acetone crude extracts

From: The antibacterial activity of extracts of nine plant species with good activity against Escherichia coli against five other bacteria and cytotoxicity of extracts

 

Selectivity index

Plants

Cytotoxicity

S. aureus

E. faecalis

B. cereus

E. coli

P. aeruginosa

S. typhimurium

Average

Hypericum roeperianum

66.2 ± 0.02

0.29

0.21

1.10

0.51

0.83

0.25

0.53

Cremaspora triflora

57.4 ± 2.94

2.87

0.48

0.72

1.15

0.36

0.18

0.96

Heteromorpha arborescens

81.0 ± 7.6

0.16

0.19

0.19

0.45

0.51

0.26

0.29

Pittosporum viridiflorum

54.6 ± 14.3

0.68

0.13

0.26

0.50

0.34

0.25

0.36

Bolusanthus speciosus

52.8 ± 3.92

0.12

0.17

0.48

0.66

0.33

0.41

0.36

Calpurnia aurea

13.6 ± 2.26

0.11

0.06

0.12

0.34

0.09

0.10

0.14

Maesa lanceolata

2.38 ± 0.25

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.06

0.03

0.01

0.03

Elaeodendron croceum

5.2 ± 0.24

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.05

0.07

0.02

0.03

Morus mesozygia

40.7 ± 1.54

0.51

0.25

0.25

0.58

0.51

0.25

0.39

Doxorubicin

8.3 ± 1.76

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

  1. ND not determined
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