. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Environ Toxicol. 2010 Jul 13;27(2):117–127. doi: 10.1002/tox.20620

TABLE I.

Apoptotic index assessed by ethidium bromide/acridine orange staining in HepG2 cells treated with different concentrations of MGN before treatment with HgCl₂

Treatment	(%) Apoptotic Index
Control	2.50 ± 0.51
HgCl₂ (25 µM)	58.5 ± 2.54^*
25 µM MGN + HgCl₂ (25 µM)	27.0 ± 1.86^**
50 µM MGN + HgCl₂ (25 µM)	39.5 ± 2.15^**
75 µM MGN + HgCl₂ (25 µM)	54.0 ± 2.61

P < 0.001 compared with control,

^**

P < 0.001 compared with only HgCl₂ group,

SEM, standard error of mean; MGN, mangiferin.