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. 2008 Apr 12;9(2):178–190. doi: 10.1007/s10162-008-0118-y

TABLE 2.

Dose–response relationships of candidate ototoxic drugs represented as hair cell survival after treatment with increasing doses of each drug

Drug Hair cell survival (% of control) ANOVA
0 μM 50 μM 100 μM 200 μM 400 μM
Candesartan 100 ± 11 90 ± 9 82 ± 9 67 ± 13 Dead p < 0.0001
Chloramphenicol 100 ± 15 42 ± 18 19 ± 7 19 ± 10 10 ± 11 p < 0.0001
Chlorophyllide 100 ± 18 92 ± 7 47 ± 8 24 ± 15 7 ± 6 p < 0.0001
Chlortetracycline 100 ± 15 101 ± 10 79 ± 24 63 ± 21 43 ± 16 p < 0.0001
Cisplatin 100 ± 12 93 ± 12 94 ± 10 95 ± 12 88 ± 13 p = 0.22
Demeclocycline 100 ± 12 101 ± 14 98 ± 13 92 ± 8 93 ± 9 p = 0.21
Estradiol valerate 100 ± 16 60 ± 16 56 ± 14 46 ± 16 Dead p < 0.0001
Ethacrynic acid 100 ± 8 70 ± 17 52 ± 17 44 ± 12 Dead p < 0.0001
Guaiazulene 100 ± 11 83 ± 13 54 ± 9 52 ± 15 Dead p < 0.0001
Kanamycin 100 ± 17 98 ± 14 86 ± 15 84 ± 10 85 ± 6 p < 0.05
Mefloquine 100 ± 13 91 ± 14 81 ± 19 76 ± 17 Dead p < 0.01
Neomycin 100 ± 14 74 ± 8 43 ± 9 18 ± 4 4 ± 4 p < 0.0001
Pentamidine 100 ± 6 68 ± 9 57 ± 13 54 ± 11 36 ± 10 p < 0.0001
Pentetrazole 100 ± 13 99 ± 14 91 ± 8 89 ± 9 92 ± 14 p = 0.14
Pomiferin 100 ± 15 44 ± 18 45 ± 18 45 ± 18 Dead p < 0.0001
Propantheline 100 ± 12 68 ± 16 53 ± 16 49 ± 10 18 ± 8 p < 0.0001
Rosolic acid 100 ± 12 83 ± 16 68 ± 14 22 ± 11 23 ± 9 p < 0.0001
Simvastatin 100 ± 9 67 ± 13 48 ± 12 Dead Dead P < 0.0001
Spermadine 100 ± 16 61 ± 10 7 ± 6 1 ± 2 1 ± 1 p < 0.0001
Tobramycin 100 ± 12 95 ± 17 53 ± 15 49 ± 10 33 ± 15 P < 0.0001
Vincamine 100 ± 12 69 ± 14 47 ± 15 45 ± 16 13 ± 8 p < 0.0001

Dose dependency was evaluated with one-way ANOVA. Some drug doses were toxic to the fish and are indicated as “Dead.”