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. 2010 May 4;4(5):e678. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000678

Table 2. Plating efficiency following drug treatment.

Compound Relative inhibitiona % dead cells Plating efficiency (%)
untreated 4.4 95
camptothecin 76.9 29.5 68
etoposide 65.5 23.6 23
THQ4G 69.6 20.8 8
quercetin 69.3 19.8 53
PGD2 69.9 25.7 28
pentamidine 25.5 10.9 0.4
pentamidine 75.8 51.9 <0.02b
a

Average decrease in number of live cells as compared to untreated cultures, in multiple plating experiments.

b

Plating 200 live cells per well (24 wells per experiment) gave rise to no colonies. This number (0.02) assumes the next well would have given rise to a colony.