Research Article

Cytotoxicity of the Aqueous Extract and Organic Fractions from Origanum majorana on Human Breast Cell Line MDA-MB-231 and Human Colon Cell Line HT-29

Table 3

IC50 values of Origanum majorana extracts in both MDA-MB-231 and HT-29 cell lines.

Origanum majorana extractsIC50 values (µg/ml)
MDA-MB-231HT-29

Ethyl acetate30.90 ± 1.3950.11 ± 1.44
Petroleum ether43.65 ± 2.6363.09 ± 3.65
Methanolic48.97 ± 7.97141.25 ± 1.16
Dichloromethane53.70 ± 7.94125.89 ± 7.86
Aqueous69.18 ± 3.10177.82 ± 4.07
Depleted aqueous87.09 ± 2.39158.48 ± 1.23