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. 2005 Jan;12(1):6–12.

Table 4:

Cytotoxic activity of Etlingera elatior extracts

IC50 μg/ml

Extract CEM-SS MCF-7
Hexane 42.5 ± 0.1 36.0 ± 0.3
CHCI3 14.0 ± 0.5 26.0 ± 0.5
EtOAc 4.0 ± 0.1 6.25 ± 0.1
MeOH 46.0 ± 0.4 47.0 ± 0.9

Note: The standard use was tamoxifen with IC50 = 30 μM and IC50 = 15 μM against MCF-7 and CEM-SS cell lines respectively.