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. 2020 Nov 15;12(11):7404–7419.

Table 2.

Combination Index (CI) for ASPC-1 (Pancreatic cancer cells) treated with combination of different agents

Agent 1 Conc. mg/ml Agent 2 Conc. µg/ml CI Agent 1 Conc. µg/ml Agent 2 Conc. mg/ml CI

NAC 0.082 BR 15 0.75 BR 7 NAC 0.163 0.65
25 0.73 0.408 0.53
50 0.54 0.816 0.26
100 0.68 1.632 0.34
0.409 5.0 0.81 2.447 0.45
10 0.64 17 0.163 0.79
15 0.37 0.408 0.33
25 0.63 0.816 0.21
50 0.55 1.632 0.15
100 0.84 2.447 0.14

Agent 1 Conc. µg/ml Agent 2 Conc. mg/ml CI Agent 3 Conc. µg/ml CI Combo (3 agents) CI

GEM 0.026 NAC 0.407 0.84 BR 10 - GEM + NAC + BR -
0.0132 0.51 - -
0.0263 0.43 - 0.75
0.1315 - 0.23 0.71
0.2632 0.65 0.25 0.60
5-FU 0.130 NAC 0.408 - BR 10 0.56 5-FU + NAC + BR -
0.650 - 0.92 -
1.30 - 0.77 -
2.08 - 0.76 -
3.25 - - -
6.50 - 0.95 -
13.0 - 0.72 -
CIS 0.15 NAC 0.407 - BR 10 -
0.3 - -
1.5 - -
3.0 - 0.37
6.0 - 0.74
12.0 - -
OXA 0.397 NAC 0.407 - BR 20 - OXA + NAC + BR -
0.993 - - -
1.986 - - -
3.972 - - -
5.959 - - -
9.932 - - -
19.86 - 0.93 -

Agent 1 Conc. ng/ml Agent 2 Conc. mg/ml CI Agent 3 Conc. µg/ml CI Combo (3 agents) CI

DOX 27.18 NAC 0.407 - BR 10 - DOX + BR + NAC 0.93
54.35 - - 0.59
271 - - 0.64
543 - - 0.51
1359 0.42 0.02 0.46

CI values with 1.0 or >1 is not shown in the table. CI values <0.5 are highlighted to denote good synergy.