Figure 1.

ASHE inhibits growth of liver cancer cells. (A) HuH-7 and HepG2 cells were treated with different concentrations of ASHE with or without FBS for 72 h, and cell viability was measured. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. *P<0.05 treated cells vs. untreated cells in the absence of FBS; ^#P<0.05 cells treated with ASHE in the presence of FBS compared with treated cells in the absence of FBS. (B) Representative images of crystal violet-stained colonies of ASHE-treated HuH-7 and HepG2 cells in the absence of FBS. ASHE, Acanthopanax senticosus Harms root extract.