. 2023 Sep 2;12(17):3311. doi: 10.3390/foods12173311

Table 5.

IC50 (mg/mL) values of extracts obtained from dried broccoli via different methods against MDA-MB-231 cells, calculated after 24 h of exposure using a best-fit regression model.

Drying Method	Equation (y = a ln(x) + b)		R²	* IC50 (mg/mL)
Drying Method	a	b	R²	* IC50 (mg/mL)
VD	39.51 ± 2.52 ^a	57.42 ± 2.14 ^b	0.975 ± 0.003 ^a	0.830 ± 0.044 ^a
CD	32.20 ± 0.75 ^b	79.85 ± 0.88 ^a	0.888 ± 0.005 ^b	0.396 ± 0.019 ^b
IRD	41.48 ± 1.11 ^a	55.57 ± 1.36 ^b	0.957 ± 0.000 ^a	0.874 ± 0.032 ^a
LTVD	34.13 ± 0.93 ^b	78.55 ± 0.98 ^a	0.888 ± 0.003 ^b	0.433 ± 0.022 ^b
FD	39.58 ± 1.35 ^a	58.22 ± 7.76 ^b	0.968 ± 0.016 ^a	0.847 ± 0.176 ^a

* The IC50 value was defined as the concentration of extracts that inhibited MDA-MB-231 cell growth in vitro by 50%. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of three independent experiments (n = 3). Significant differences (p < 0.05) are indicated with different superscript letters in the same row.