Table 2.

The EC50 values of different Si NP obtained from experiments reported in this article

Assay	Parameter	Reference figure	Si NP-NH2	Si NP-N3
MTT	Mitochondrial metabolic activity	Figure 1	12	270
Phagocytosis Index	Induction Factor	Figure 2	60	320
DCFH-DA	Intracellular ROS production	Figure 3A (NR8383)	22	170
		Figure 3B (Caco-2)	18	310
DCFH-DA	ROS production (from isolated mitochondrial fraction)	Figure 4	80	1050
MTT (in presence of antioxidants vitamin E and vitamin C)	Mitochondrial metabolic activity	Figure 5 (for Vitamin E)	60	310
		Figure 5 (for Vitamin C)	32	510