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Table 3.

Inhibitory effects of EGCG on CSCs are weaker than those on parental cells

(A) Inhibition of cell proliferation using EGCG
Nasopharyngeal cancer	TW01 sphere	TW01 parental	Lin et al. (2012)
ID₅₀ μM	150	60
	TW06 sphere	TW06 parental	Lin et al. (2012)
ID₅₀ μM	115	38
Neuroblastoma	BE(2)-C sphere	BE(2)-C parental	Nishimura et al. (2012)
EGCG 50 μM	25.2 (% of inhibition)	93.8 (%)
(B) Induction of apoptosis using EGCG
Nasopharyngeal cancer	TW01 sphere	TW01 parental	Lin et al. (2012)
EGCG 40 μM	12.7 (%)	63.6 (%)
Neuroblastoma	BE(2)-C sphere	BE(2)-C parental	Nishimura et al. (2012)
EGCG 50 μM	9.1 (%)	91.7 (%)