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Table 1 Cytotoxicity of AA against human lung cancer and human bronchial epithelial cell lines

From: Antitumor activities of Aspiletrein A, a steroidal saponin from Aspidistra letreae, on non-small cell lung cancer cells

Lung cancer cell lines

aIC50 (μM ± SD)

Bronchial epithelial cell line

aIC50 (μM ± SD)

bSI

H460

15.13 ± 4.86

BEAS-2B

23.09 ± 4.08

1.72

H23

10.10 ± 2.93

  

2.58

A549

8.78 ± 3.08

  

2.97

  1. aConcentration that inhibits cell viability by 50%. bSelectivity index = IC50 of normal cells/IC50 of cancer cells [28]