Table 2.
In vitro anticancer activity of Luffa echinata fruit against human cancer cell lines.
| MCF-7 |
HT-29 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI50 (µg/mL) | TGI (µg/mL) | LC50 (µg/mL) | GI50 (µg/mL) | TGI (µg/mL) | LC50 (µg/mL) | |
| Standard adriamycin | <10 | 104.27 | 385.17 | <10 | 0.880 | 63.20 |
| Luffa echinata fruit | <10 | 161.58 | 329.36 | <10 | 3.95 | 159.98 |
TGI - concentration of drug causing total inhibition of cell growth, LC50 -concentration of drug causing 50% cell death, GI50 - concentration of drug cause 50% of maximal inhibition of cell proliferation.