Research Article
Anticancer Activity of Certain Herbs and Spices on the Cervical Epithelial Carcinoma (HeLa) Cell Line
Table 2
Summary of the IC50 values and selectivity indexes of the plant extracts.
| Plant extracts | HeLa IC50a (μg/mL) ± SD | Vero IC50 (μg/mL) ± SD | SIb |
| Rosmarinus officinalis (McConnell’s Blue) | >100 | | 0.12 | Rosmarinus officinalis (Tuscan Blue) | | | 0.52 | Lavandula-x-intermedia (Margaret Roberts) | | | 0.17 | Lavandulaspica | | | 0.27 | Origanumvulgare | | | 1.30 | Petroselinumcrispum | | | 0.61 | Laurusnobilis | | | 3.61 | Thymusvulgaris | >200 | | 0.66 | Foeniculumvulgare | | | 0.66 | Capsicum annuum (Paprika) | >200 | | 0.58 | Actinomycin Dc | 0.002 | 0.027 | 13.5 |
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aFifty percent inhibitory concentration.
bSelectivity index.
cPositive control for cytotoxicity assay.
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