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. 2014 Jan 3;8:1. doi: 10.1186/1752-153X-8-1

Table 2.

Effect of steroids and triterpenoids from supercritical carbon dioxide extracts of H. polyrhizus and H. undatus against cell viability of different cancer cell lines

Compound
IC 50 (μM) a
  PC3 Bcap-37 MGC-803
α-Amyrin
>100b
>100
>100
β-Amyrin
73.2 ± 1.02
78.4 ± 0.93
51.9 ± 0.87
β-Sitosterol
74.4 ± 0.65
58.2 ± 0.44
43.8 ± 0.63
Stigmast-4-en-3-one
65.4 ± 1.13
79.3 ± 0.49
56.9 ± 0.81
ADMc 1.09 ± 0.18 1.34 ± 0.30 0.83 ± 0.22

aAgent concentration (μM) that inhibited cell growth by 50% at 72 h after treatment.

bWhen 50% inhibition could not reached at the highest concentration, then >100 μM was given.

cAdriamycin, positive control.