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. 2018 Dec 15;16(12):509. doi: 10.3390/md16120509

Table 2.

Cytotoxic and antiviral activities of formulations against tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1).

Formulation TBEV HSV-1
CC50 (µg/mL) IC50 (µg/mL) SI CC50 (µg/mL) IC50 (µg/mL) SI
Ech + Asc + Toc (5:5:1) 57.9 ± 2.3 * 12.6 ± 1.5 ** 4.8 ± 0.5 ** 66.7 ± 3.2 * 11.2 ± 1.2 ** 6.0 ± 0.6 **
Ech 54.4 ± 1.8 * 21.8 ± 2.6 * 2.5 ± 0.2 * 60.5 ± 3.1 * 18.8 ± 2.1 * 3.2 ± 0.3 *
Asc + Toc (5:1) 521.7 ± 5.3 1304 ± 145 0.4 ± 0.1 530.9 ± 9.4 885 ± 97 0.6 ± 0.1
Ribavirin 2010 ± 180 30.5 ± 4.6 66.0 ± 5.4
Acyclovir 1470 ± 160 10.8 ± 1.2 133.6 ± 12.0

CC50-50% cytotoxic concentration of a formulation, IC50-50% virus-inhibiting concentration of a formulation, SI: selective index of the formulation. * Statistically significant differences between Asc + Toc and other formulation (p ≤ 0.05), ** statistically significant differences between antioxidant composition and Ech (p ≤ 0.05).