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. 2014 May 14;9(5):e97358. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097358

Table 2. Cytotoxicity for A549 cells, KB cells and HepG2 cells treated with DOX, DOX-hyd-PEG-FA NPs, DOX-hyd-PEG NPs, DOX-ami-PEG-FA NPsz and DOX-ami-PEG NPs.

Drugs IC50 (µmol/L)
A549 cells KB cells HepG2 cells
DOX 3.3±0.8 2.2±0.6 2.9±0.4
DOX-hyd-PEG-FA NPs 2.7±0.4* 0.8±0.2** ## $$ 1.5±0.3* # $
DOX-hyd-PEG NPs 3.2±0.7 2.8 ±0.3 3.1±0.6
DOX-ami-PEG-FA NPs 4.9±1.1 3.3±0.9 3.8±1.3
DOX-ami-PEG NPs 4.7±0.9 4.0±1.2 4.3±0.8

*p<0.05,

**p<0.01 vs DOX-ami-PEG-FA NPs.

#

p<0.05,

##

p<0.01 vs DOX-hyd-PEG NPs.

$

p<0.05,

$$

p<0.01 vs DOX.