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. 2022 May 10;14(5):334. doi: 10.3390/toxins14050334

Table 2.

Cytotoxicity of N. kaouthia, N. sumatrana, and N. atra venoms and NK-CTX, NS-CTX, and NA-CTX in CRL-2648 cells and neutralization by NBAV, NkMAV, and SAV.

Venom/Toxin IC50 (Untreated) a (μg/mL) NkMAV SAV NBAV
IC50 (Treated) b (μg/mL) Antivenom Concentration (μg/mL) Pc c
(mg/g)
IC50 (Treated) b (μg/mL) Antivenom Concentration (μg/mL) Pc c
(mg/g)
IC50 (Treated) b (μg/mL) Antivenom Concentration (μg/mL) Pc c
(mg/g)
N. kaouthia (Thailand) 47.40 ± 6.50 69.17 ± 8.39 125 174.16 82.17 ± 0.85 125 278.16 64.20 ± 7.00 125 134.40
N. sumatrana (Malaysia) 28.83 ± 2.86 37.47 ± 2.77 500 17.28 41.50 ± 1.25 500 25.34 36.50 ± 2.95 500 15.34
N. atra (Taiwan) 26.87 ± 8.86 49.60 ± 8.47 500 45.46 61.80 ± 6.73 500 69.86 43.53 ± 6.48 500 33.32
NK-CTX 32.90 ± 3.11 39.50 ± 2.40 500 13.20 38.23 ± 1.48 125 42.64 35.17 ± 7.10 500 4.54
NS-CTX 20.90 ± 3.73 39.33 ± 2.82 500 36.86 45.77 ± 9.40 500 49.74 36.10 ± 4.08 500 30.40
NA-CTX 13.17 ± 2.72 24.87 ± 1.36 500 23.40 31.50 ± 2.71 500 36.66 24.97 ± 1.95 500 23.60

NkMAV: Thai Naja kaouthia monovalent antivenom; SAV: Vietnamese Naja kaouthia monovalent antivenom; NBAV: Taiwanese neurobivalent antivenom; IC50: Half maximal inhibitory concentration; Pc: Potency. a IC50(Untreated), defined as half maximal inhibitory concentration of venom/cytotoxin without antivenom. b IC50(Treated), defined as half maximal inhibitory concentration of venom/cytotoxin with antivenom treatment. c Pc, Potency, defined as amount of venom/cytotoxin, in mg, neutralized by 1 g of antivenom.