Table 2.

Cytotoxic effect of fermenticin on cancerous cells.

Cancer cell lines tested	% cell viability at bacteriocin concentration			IC-50 value (μg/mL)
	0.1 μg/mL	1 μg/mL	10 μg/mL
MCF-7	88 ± 1.9	46 ± 2.1	10 ± 1.7	0.9 ± 0.016
Sp2/0	70 ± 1.4	30 ± 1.7	9 ± 1.5	0.5 ± 0.012
Hep-G2	50 ± 1.8	20 ± 1.5	10 ± 1.9	0.1 ± 0.014
HEK-293	78 ± 2.4	38 ± 2.8	8 ± 2.6	0.6 ± 0.015
HeLa	65 ± 1.3	25 ± 1.2	6 ± 1.6	0.4 ± 0.013

Each data is mean ± standard deviation; P value < 0.05; F crit (3.2388) < F value (62.3008).