Cytotoxicity of Selected Medicinal and Nonmedicinal Plant Extracts to Microbial and Cervical Cancer Cells

Table 1

Cytotoxicity of selected plant extracts to bacterial cells and HeLa cancer cells.

Family	Genus	Species	Plant part	MD	BA	HA	LC 50 (mg/mL)	(slope of the line)	(-intercept)
Asteraceae	Acanthospermum	australe	Whole	Y	N	M	0.191	−38.817	57.414	0.112
Asteraceae	Ambrosia	ambrosioides	Areal	Y	N	M	−2.199	−13.656	19.970	0.469
Asteraceae	Ambrosia	ambrosioides	Leaf	Y	N	A	−2.446	−11.722	21.327	0.412
Asteraceae	Ambrosia	ambrosioides	Stem	Y	N	A	0.466	−152.941	121.230	0.857
Asteraceae	Ambrosia	ambrosioides	Root	Y	N	A	0.439	−124.376	104.617	0.817
Asteraceae	Ambrosia	deltoidea	Stem	Y	**	A	0.500	−83.064	91.544	0.293
Asteraceae	Hieracium	caespitosum	Whole	Y	N	M	0.669	−95.238	113.737	0.546
Asteraceae	Anaphalis	margaritacea	Whole	N	N	N	1.195	−51.360	111.373	0.530
Asteraceae	Gutierrezia	microcephala	Areal	Y	N	A	0.470	−143.776	117.641	0.969
Asteraceae	Pyrrhopappus	carolinianus	Whole	Y	N	N	0.117	−1052.510	173.100	0.623
Asteraceae	Silphium	compositum	S/L/Fl/R	Y	N	A	1.388	−49.271	118.400	0.134
Asteraceae	Tetragonotheca	helianthoides	Root	Y	N	A	0.436	−137.978	110.164	0.760
Asteraceae	Tetragonotheca	helianthoides	S/L/Fl/R	Y	N	M	0.357	−157.865	106.395	0.844
Asteraceae	Erigeron	pumilus	Whole	Y	N	A	0.366	−142.337	102.035	0.895
Asteraceae	Liatris	secunda	Whole	Y	N	M	0.531	−156.829	133.257	0.638
Asteraceae	Cirsium	undulatum	Areal	Y	N	M	0.884	−61.281	104.180	0.642
Asteraceae	Thelesperma	filifolium	Areal	Y	N	A	0.635	−99.503	113.172	0.950
Asteraceae	Helianthus	nuttallii	Stem	Y	N	A	0.539	−135.164	122.791	0.755
Asteraceae	Helianthus	nuttallii	Twig	Y	N	A	0.399	−181.986	122.686	0.944
Asteraceae	Haplopappus	annuus	Whole	Y	N	N	0.918	−77.726	121.359	0.803
Asteraceae	Antennaria	parvifolia	Whole	N	N	A	0.273	−81.056	72.160	0.497
Asteraceae	Hymenopappus	filifolius	Areal	Y	N	A	0.112	0.167	38.910	0.611
Asteraceae	Centaurea	maculosa	Twig/Fl	N	N	M	0.247	−113.161	77.895	0.863
Asteraceae	Scorzonara	laciniata	Root	N	N	N	1.838	−28.633	102.630	0.188
Boraginaceae	Echium	candicans	Stem	Y	N	M	0.394	−124.333	99.049	0.853
Chenopodiaceae	Atriplex	confertifolia	Areal	N	N	A	0.127	−1116.726	192.195	0.694
Chenopodiaceae	Atriplex	confertifolia	Rhizome	N	N	A	0.317	−142.791	95.259	0.838
Euphorbiaceae	Bernardi	myicifolia	Stem	N	N	A	0.488	−144.404	120.448	0.863
Labiatae	Salvia	vaseyi	Root	Y	N	A	0.105	−1109.581	166.468	0.981
Labiatae	Salvia	vaseyi	Stem	Y	N	A	0.399	−177.100	120.693	0.783
Labiatae	Salvia	vaseyi	Twig/L	Y	Y	A	0.218	−120.339	76.261	0.537
Labiatae	Salvia	vaseyi	Flowers	Y	N	A	0.231	−103.088	73.816	0.589
Labiatae	Salvia	apiana	Root	Y	Y	N	0.112	−1229.526	187.967	0.765
Labiatae	Salvia	dorrii	L/T/FloBu	Y	N	A	0.512	−125.827	114.434	0.852
Labiatae	Lavandula	stoechas	Root/Fl	Y	N	A	0.110	−1069.264	167.838	0.927
Labiatae	Lavandula	stoechas	Stem/L	Y	N	A	0.440	−196.726	136.532	0.804
Labiatae	Lycopus	asper	Stem	Y	N	A	1.043	−39.514	91.202	0.094
Labiatae	Marrubium	vulgare	Areal	Y	N	A	0.241	−112.266	77.093	0.768
Labiatae	Satureja	douglasii	Whole	Y	N	A	0.293	−102.001	79.891	0.665
Malvaceae	Sphaeralcea	angustifolia	Whole	N	N	A	0.304	−129.152	89.243	0.658
Pinaceae	Pinus	monticola	Bark/St	Y	Y	A	0.346	−175.851	110.896	0.764
Pinaceae	Pinus	monticola	Twig/L	Y	N	M	0.438	−78.452	84.370	0.396
Pinaceae	Pinus	monticola	Root	Y	N	A	0.573	−95.050	104.422	0.606
Pinaceae	Picea	sitchensis	Root	Y	N	N	0.496	−125.394	112.182	0.847
Pinaceae	Picea	sitchensis	Stem	Y	N	M	0.583	−118.928	119.326	0.562
Pinaceae	Picea	sitchensis	Bark	Y	N	M	0.366	−134.091	99.034	0.684
Pinaceae	Picea	sitchensis	Twig/L	Y	N	N	0.526	−121.778	114.038	0.835
Pinaceae	Picea	sitchensis	Cone	Y	N	A	0.438	−59.520	76.046	0.326
Pinaceae	Abies	procera	Root	N	Y	N	0.381	−155.741	109.290	0.978
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium	geyeri	Areal	Y	N	M	1.306	−29.140	88.057	0.173
Ranunculaceae	Aquilegia	fromosa	Root	Y	N	M	1.532	−25.856	89.605	0.222
Ranunculaceae	Aquilegia	fromosa	Flowers	Y	N	N	0.612	−82.675	100.574	0.534
Ranunculaceae	Aquilegia	fromosa	Leaf	Y	N	N	0.521	−143.711	124.894	0.784
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium	glareosum	Whole	Y	N	N	0.824	−91.704	125.548	0.428
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium	nuttallianum	Areal	Y	N	N	1.319	−35.840	97.287	0.350

MD: medicinal plant; Y: medicinal plant; N: non-medicinal plant
BA: bacterial assay; Y: inhibition; N: no inhibition; **sample lost
HA: HeLa cell assay; A: active; M: mildly active; N: not active
Plant part; S/St: stem Fl: flower; FloBu: flowering bush; A: areal R: root; L: leaf; T: twig.