Research Article

Cytotoxic Activity of Saponins and Sapogenins Isolated from Chenopodium quinoa Willd. in Cancer Cell Lines

Table 1

IC50 values of cancer cell lines after saponin and sapogenin treatment.

Cancer cell linesOleanolic acid (µM)Ursolic acid (µM)Hederagenin (µM)

A54998.9 ± 0.0521.9 ± 0.0578.4 ± 0.05
HeLa83.6 ± 0.0511.2 ± 0.0556.4 ± 0.05
HepG2408.3 ± 0.05104.2 ± 0.0540.4 ± 0.05
SH-SY5Y34.1 ± 0.056.9 ± 0.0512.3 ± 0.05