Table 1.

IC₅₀ values (mg/ml) for cytotoxic activity of different extracts towards MDA-MB-231, HT-29, HepG2 and MCF-7 cells ^a

Cell Line/Time	MDA-MB-231			HT-29			HepG2			MCF-7
	24 h	48 h	72 h	24 h	48 h	72 h	24 h	48 h	72 h	24 h	48 h	72 h
Extracts
Total	0.03 ± 1.12	0.02 ± 1.09	0.004 ± 1.07	0.08 ± 1.06	0.03 ± 1.06	0.01 ± 1.06	0.05 ± 1.05	0.05 ± 1.05	0.04 ± 1.05	0.05 ± 1.06	0.04 ± 1.06	0.02 ± 1.07
Hexane	>  0.25	>  0.25	0.02 ± 1.15	>  0.25	>  0.25	0.08 ± 1.10	>  0.25	>  0.25	>  0.25	>  0.25	> 0.25	0.2 ± 1.10
Chloroform	0.07 ± 1.05	0.03 ± 1.10	0.005 ± 1.12	0.04 ± 1.09	0.03 ± 1.12	0.02 ± 1.11	0.08 ± 1.07	0.06 ± 1.08	0.04 ± 1.08	0.06 ± 1.06	0.03 ± 1.08	0.02 ± 1.09
Ethyl acetate	0.07 ± 1.06	0.04 ± 1.13	0.006 ± 1.10	0.07 ± 1.09	0.05 ± 1.08	0.02 ± 1.09	0.1 ± 1.08	0.1 ± 1.07	0.07 ± 1.10	0.08 ± 1.06	0.06 ± 1.08	0.03 ± 1.06
Methanol	0.16 ± 1.03	0.05 ± 1.09	0.01 ± 1.06	0.12 ± 1.06	0.07 ± 1.07	0.04 ± 1.09	0.2 ± 1.07	0.1 ± 1.06	0.07 ± 1.07	0.09 ± 1.05	0.06 ± 1.06	0.05 ± 1.07

^aValues were determined from at least three independent experiments each performed in triplicate and expressed as mean ± SE