Table 2. The growth inhibitory concentrations (IC50/) of fir (Abies alba Mill.) honeydew honey that inhibit the normal human skin fibroblasts (BJ), cervical carcinoma (HeLa), breast epithelial adenocarcinoma, metastatic (MCF-7), colorectal metastatic adenocarcinoma (SW620), pancreatic carcinoma derived from metastatic liver (CFPAC-1) and pancreatic carcinoma (MIA PaCa-2).
Honey sample | IC50/(mg/mL) | |||||
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Cell line | ||||||
BJ | HeLa | MCF-7 | SW620 | CFPAC-1 | MIA PaCa-2 | |
1 | 4.50 | 18.51 | 13.27 | 12.01 | 19.98 | 17.67 |
2 | 4.44 | 19.03 | 10.54 | 13.55 | 19.63 | 16.83 |
3 | 5.12 | 17.50 | 11.54 | 7.96 | 19.15 | 16.80 |
4 | 4.64 | 16.34 | 9.94 | 10.06 | 18.29 | 16.72 |
IC50=concentration required for inhibition of tumour cell proliferation by 50%