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. 2021 Sep 24;26(19):5786. doi: 10.3390/molecules26195786

Table 1.

Effects of polyphenols and carotenoid compounds against an oxidant inducer (tBOOH) of developmental toxicity in zebrafish.

Compound Lethality Dysmorphogenesis
LC50 (mM) tBOOH
(95% CI)
LC50 (mM)
(Compound + tBOOH)
(95% CI)
p-Value Effect EC50 (mM) tBOOH
(95% CI)
EC50 (mM)
(Compound + tBOOH)
(95% CI)
p-Value Effect
Naringenin
(20 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
3.4
(3.3–3.7)
<0.0001 PE 1 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
1.8
(1.5–2.0)
>0.05 S/E 2
Apigenin
(10 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
3.3
(3.2–3.4)
<0.0001 PE 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
2.0
(1.7–2.2)
0.0006 PE
Rutin
(10 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
3.6
(3.5–3.9)
<0.0001 PE 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
1.8
(1.7–2.0)
<0.0008 PE
Oleuropein
(15 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
2.6
(2.5–2.7)
<0.0001 PE 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
1.8
(1.7–1.9)
>0.05 S/E
Chlorogenic acid
(20 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
2.5
(2.4–2.6)
0.0028 PE 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
1.8
(1.5–2.2)
>0.05 S/E
Curcumin
(15 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
3.2
(3.1–3.2)
<0.0001 PE 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
3.0
(2.8–3.2)
<0.0001 PE
Lycopene
(20 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
2.6
(2.5–2.6)
0.0003 PE 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
1.7
(1.5–1.9)
0.56 S/E
β-carotene
(25 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
1.7
(1.6–1.7)
0.0001 IL 3 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
1.5
(1.5–1.6)
0.01 ID 4
Astaxanthin
(20 μM)
2.1
(2.0–2.2)
3.7
(3.5–3.9)
<0.0001 PE 1.7
(1.6–1.8)
1.9
(1.7–2.1)
0.0506 S/E

1 PE: protective effect. 2 S/E: no effect because there is no difference regarding the 95% confidence interval. 3 IL: increased lethality. 4 ID: increased dysmorphogenesis. Values of LC50 and EC50 are expressed in mM.