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. 2021 Jul 16;54(10):e10891. doi: 10.1590/1414-431X2020e10891

Table 1. Cytotoxicity (IC50) of Juniperus communis (JCo) extract in colorectal cancer cells and normal cells.

Drugs Colorectal cancer cells Normal cells
HT-29 CT-26 MDCK SVEC
JCo extract
24 h 66.71±0.48.0a,c 27.8±0.2a,b,c >88.3c 81.1±2.2b,c
48 h 60.02±0.21a,b,c 22.7±0.9a,b,c >88.3c 74.8±0.3b,c
72 h 54.32±1.58a,b,c 27.3±4.5a,b,c >88.3b,c 71.2±0.6b,c
5-FU
24 h >10 2.7±0.03a >10 6.8±1.3
48 h 1.3±0.4 0.3±0.02a >10 1.4±0.05
72 h 0.7±0.03 0.4±0.01a 1.1±0.01 0.8±0.03
VP-16
24 h >100a 44.1±0.4 66.0±1.0 46.2±3.2
48 h 3.3±2.2 9.4±0.03 25.7±2.7 2.2±0.6
72 h 2.3±0.02 4.1±0.1a 2.7±0.2 1.0±0.001

IC50: half maximal inhibitory concentration. Data are reported as means±SD in µg/mL. aP<0.05 between tumor cells and normal cells; bP<0.05 between JCo extract group and 5-FU treatment group; cP<0.05 between JCo extract group and VP-16 treatment group (ANOVA).