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. 2013 Dec 4;2013:958407. doi: 10.1155/2013/958407

Table 3.

Cytotoxic activity (IC50 values) of G. bicolor extracts against selected human cell lines.

Extract Treatment
duration (hour)
Cytotoxicity (IC50) in µg/mL
HT-29 HCT 116 HCT-15 SW480 Caco-2 MCF7 CCD-18Co
Methanol 24 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
48 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
72 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100

Hexane 24 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
48 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
72 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100

Ethyl acetate 24 39.7 ± 1.7 16.0 ± 4.5 12.8 ± 5.3 26.3 ± 1.2 32.7 ± 1.5 36.5 ± 3.4 >100
48 49.5 ± 8.6 20.9 ± 0.2 18.7 ± 1.9 31.7 ± 5.7 46.3 ± 8.7 34.8 ± 0.8 >100
72 37.3 ± 2.5 29.2 ± 0.9 21.2 ± 1.2 47.8 ± 3.6 55.2 ± 6.4 46.3 ± 4.2 >100

Water 24 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
48 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
72 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100

Cis-platin* 24 >12.5 12.0 ± 0.7 6.2 ± 0.4 >12.5 >12.5 11.2 ± 0.5 >12.5
48 10.1 ± 0.2 4.0 ± 0.3 3.9 ± 0.2 6.8 ± 0.5 4.3 ± 0.4 4.2 ± 0.4 >12.5
72 6.4 ± 0.6 2.9 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.4 3.2 ± 0.6 1.9 ± 0.2 2.7 ± 0.3 >12.5

*Positive reference standard. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3).