Table 2.

Cytotoxicity of the different crude extracts of Arnebia  benthamii and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and Paclitaxel on six human cancer cell lines.

Cell line type			HOP-62	A549	PC-3	THP-1	HCT-116	MIA-Pa-Ca
Tissue type			Lung	Lung	Prostate	Leukemia	Colon	Pancreatic
S. no.	Code	Conc. (μg/mL)	%Age growth inhibition
1	EB-MET	100	100	100	0	90	63	100
2	EB-MET	50	46	13	0	45	49	47
3	EB-MET	10	33	18	0	48	40	25
4	EB-ETH	100	55	42	0	65	57	55
5	EB-ETH	50	49	24	0	62	57	44
6	EB-ETH	10	43	0	0	57	47	40
7	EB-EA	100	39	21	35	68	72	66
8	EB-EA	50	24	0	6	7	8	23
9	EB-EA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	EB-PE	100	47	54	39	29	19	0
11	EB-PE	50	47	53	10	18	14	0
12	EB-PE	10	39	15	0	1	12	0
13	EB-AQ	100	35	36	0	56	44	40
14	EB-AQ	50	32	24	0	28	42	30
15	EB-AQ	10	24	17	0	9	10	12
16	5-FU	20 μM	—	—	—	67	67	—
17	Paclitaxel	1 μM	72	70	—		—	—

Data are means ± SD of three independent experiments.