Research Article

Antiproliferative Effects of Ferulic, Coumaric, and Caffeic Acids in HepG2 Cells by hTERT Downregulation

Table 3

Effects of phenolic acid treatment on cell viability.

Cell number counted (%)
Sample
ViableApoptoticNecrotic

Negative control96.84 ± 0.740.84 ± 0.0852.1 ± 0.49
Caf0.13 ± 0.01698.76 ± 0.750.14 ± 0.02
Fer0.81 ± 0.0599.53 ± 0.150.7 ± 0.1
Cum0.66 ± 0.0499.75 ± 0.050.45 ± 0.06

Data are expressed as the means ± SD of triplicate in independent experiments. Significant difference considered P < 0.001 (∗∗∗: compared to the negative control group).