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. 2016 Oct 3;6:34520. doi: 10.1038/srep34520

Table 1. Effect of the green tea extract, EGCG, black tea extract, and theaflavins on the viability of U937-3xκB and U937 macrophage-like cells.

Compounds Cell viability (%)
U937-3xκB U937 macrophage-like cells
Green tea extract (μg/ml)
 250 83.3 ± 6.7 58.4 ± 8.2
 125 99.0 ± 7.3 89.2 ± 6.6
 62.5 95.7 ± 1.8 113.4 ± 14.2
EGCG (μg/ml)
 250 74.7 ± 3.5 17.5 ± 18.7
 125 95.2 ± 2.5 46.6 ± 15.7
 62.5 99.8 ± 5.2 87.5 ± 3.1
Black tea extract (μg/ml)
 500 94.0 ± 2.6 98.7 ± 8.1
 250 91.9 ± 3.6 101.7 ± 8.5
 125 95.24 ± 1.3 107.2 ± 5.2
Theaflavins (μg/ml)
 500 35.2 ± 6.0 41.0 ± 3.0
 250 72.9 ± 2.7 67.6 ± 4.6
 125 96.8 ± 8.2 108.8 ± 11.0
 None 100 ± 0.8 100 ± 2.3