Table 3. Comparison of the toxicity profile of zebrafish larvae following exposure to cigarette smoke condensates (CSCs).
Identifier | Teratogenicity | Identifier | Hatch Rate | Identifier | Lethality | Identifier | Behaviour | ||||
EC50 | SEM | EC50 | SEM | LD50 | SEM | EC50 | SEM | ||||
MIX | 11.5 | 1.03 | *3R4F | 22.1 | 1.38 | MIX | 26.7 | 1.01 | MIX | 22.9 | 1.06 |
MBV | 18.4 | 1.02 | *MIX | 23.4 | 1.16 | MBV | 46.1 | 1.03 | MBV | 40.5 | 1.02 |
*3R4F | 20.6 | 1.04 | *CM8 | 24.5 | 1.18 | CM8 | 49.0 | 1.01 | CM8 | 43.9 | 1.03 |
*CM8 | 21.8 | 1.06 | MBV | 27.6 | 1.08 | *SSC | 52.9 | 1.02 | BSV | 49.0 | 1.05 |
*BSV | 22.1 | 1.02 | *BSV | 40.8 | 1.07 | *SSMIX | 56.1 | 1.02 | 3R4F | 54.7 | 1.04 |
*SSMIX | 23.5 | 1.03 | *SSMIX | 41.2 | 1.05 | SSV | 62.1 | 1.01 | *SSC | 60.8 | 1.02 |
*SSC | 27.4 | 1.03 | *SSV | 49.0 | 1.06 | *BSV | 70.1 | 1.02 | *SSMIX | 61.7 | 1.03 |
*SSV | 28.4 | 1.02 | SSC | 65.5 | 1.05 | *3R4F | 71.7 | 1.03 | SSV | 62.6 | 1.04 |
Concentration response (ug/ml) of CSCs prepared using Health Canada Intense (HCI) smoking regime. Asterisk indicates no significant difference between cigarette types for the specific toxic parameter measured (f-test, p>0.05).