Table 1. Spermicidal potential, cytotoxicity and selectivity index of DGT, N-9 [51].
Treatment | Spermicidal EC100 (µg/ml) | Spermicidal EC50 (µg/ml) | Cytotoxicity IC50 (µg/ml) | Selectivity Index (IC50/EC50) | Safety versus N-9 |
DGT | 60 | 29.8 | 135.54 | 4.55 | 529.06 |
N-9 | 486.82 | 78.34 | 0.675 | 0.0086 | 1 |