Inhibitory Activity of Illicium verum Extracts against Avian Viruses

Table 1

Absorbance means of the cytotoxicity of Illicium verum extracts.

Concentration (mg/ml)	Star anise extracts^1
	100MOH	50MOH	WA
62.5	0.152^c	0.198^d	0.379^c
31.25	0.126^d	0.141^e	0.293^e
15.62	0.108^d	0.124^e	0.247^f
7.8	0.116^d	0.258^c	0.127^g
3.9	0.390^a	0.361^a	0.324^d
1.9	0.382^a	0.324^b	0.458^a
0.97	0.389^a	0.327^b	0.410^b
0.48	0.353^b	0.307^b	0.373^c
Cell control	0.402^a	0.380^a	0.395^bc
SEM	0.007	0.009	0.009
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

Means within a column with different subscripts are significantly different (). ¹100MOH = absolute methanol extract; 50MOH = 50% methanol extract; WA = water extract.