Table 1.

Effects of CrCl₃ on the survival of CEF at different time points.

Groups	OD values
	24 h	48 h	72 h
A	0.436 ± 0.0130	0.461 ± 0.00547	0.422 ± 0.00234
B	0.456 ± 0.188	0.477 ± 0.00872	0.440 ± 0.00560
C	0.467 ± 0.0167#	0.490 ± 0.00445#	0.446 ± 0.00817#
D	0.423 ± 0.0140	0.437 ± 0.0369	0.411 ± 0.00432
E	0.406 ± 0.00489#	0.377 ± 0.0321##	0.317 ± 0.0299##
F	0.365 ± 0.0278##	0.349 ± 0.0317##	0.313 ± 0.0295##
G	0.344 ± 0.0304##	0.340 ± 0.0161##	0.309 ± 0.0199##

Among the groups: A control, B 0.02 μM CrCl₃, C 0.1 μM CrCl₃, D 0.5 μM CrCl₃, E 2.5 μM CrCl₃, F 12.5 μM CrCl₃, and G 62.5 μM CrCl₃. The values for each CrCl₃ concentration tested represent the average as mean± SD (n = 6). Comparing the exposed groups (B, C, D, E, F, and G) with the control.

^#P < 0.05.

^##P < 0.01 using one-way ANOVA.