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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Anticancer Res. 2010 Nov;30(11):4573–4578.

Table I.

The classification of the combination index (CI) and anti-tumor activity. The CI value of between 0.9 and 1.1 represent additivity. The CI value less than 0.9 represents synergism while the value above 1.1 means antagonism.

Synergism Antagonism
CI value Synergy category CI value Antagonism category
0.85–0.9 Slight synergy 1.1–1.2 Slight antagonism
0.7–0.85 Moderate synergy 1.2–1.45 Moderate antagonism
0.3–0.7 Synergy 1.45–3.3 antagonism
0.1–0.3 Strong synergy 3.3–10 Strong antagonism
<0.1 Very strong synergy >10 Very strong antagonism