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. 2023 Jun 1;23:177. doi: 10.1186/s12906-023-04003-x

Table 5.

Cell population content (%) found in early apoptosis, late apoptosis, necrosis, and live cells caused by PSS, PL, and cisplatin exposure 4 breast cancer cell lines

Breast cancer cell line Cell population (Mean (%) ± SE)
Viable cells Early Apoptotic cells Late Apoptotic cells Necrotic cells
MCF7
 - Untreated 87.74 ± 5.12 2.53 ± 0.81 22.41 ± 0.80 0.57 ± 0.22
 - PSS 78.72 ± 7.34 2.55 ± 0.48 31.66 ± 6.74 0.70 ± 0.35
 - PL 75.59 ± 4.70 6.52 ± 0.47 ** 27.77 ± 5.05 0.32 ± 0.15
 - Cisplatin 54.78 ± 4.65 *** 23.76 ± 3.76 *** 30.56 ± 11.09 1.41 ± 0.44
T47D
 - Untreated 96.06 ± 1.81 1.39 ± 0.40 3.24 ± 1.30 0.24 ± 0.09
 - PSS 91.06 ± 0.62 * 1.67 ± 0.09 6.56 ± 0.52 * 0.71 ± 0.07 **
 - PL 83.57 ± 1.38 *** 4.55 ± 0.28 **** 11.24 ± 1.24 *** 0.65 ± 0.04 **
 - Cisplatin 52.18 ± 2.88 **** 33.26 ± 2.20 **** 13.73 ± 0.70 **** 0.82 ± 0.21 *
MDA-MB-231
 - Untreated 96.65 ± 1.34 0.93 ± 0.29 2.16 ± 0.99 0.26 ± 0.07
 - PSS 87.99 ± 1.63 ** 1.87 ± 0.13 * 8.95 ± 1.19 ** 1.19 ± 0.37 *
 - PL 89.21 ± 1.20 ** 1.80 ± 0.05 * 7.70 ± 0.86 ** 1.30 ± 0.47
 - Cisplatin 70.22 ± 3.49 **** 11.87 ± 1.38 **** 15.99 ± 2.23 *** 1.92 ± 0.64 *
MDA-MB-468
 - Untreated 99.08 ± 0.11 0.56 ± 0.03 0.28 ± 0.07 0.28 ± 0.19
 - PSS 88.01 ± 1.41 **** 3.17 ± 0.54 *** 8.33 ± 1.23 **** 0.24 ± 0.05
 - PL 90.11 ± 1.26 **** 2.90 ± 0.32 **** 6.80 ± 1.12 *** 0.23 ± 0.04
 - Cisplatin 43.64 ± 5.69 **** 34.81 ± 5.04 **** 20.40 ± 1.89 **** 1.19 ± 0.28

*, **, ***, **** represented P ≤ 0.05, P ≤ 0.01, P ≤ 0.001, and P ≤ 0.0001 from statistical analysis using Unpaired t-test