[Retracted] Crocus sativus L. (Saffron) Stigma Aqueous Extract Induces Apoptosis in Alveolar Human Lung Cancer Cells through Caspase-Dependent Pathways Activation

Table 1

Doses inducing 50% cell growth inhibition (IC₅₀) of aqueous extract of Saffron against lung cancer cell line (A549).

IC50	48 h	72 h
A549	380±9.6	170±2.5

Cells were treated with different concentration of Saffron for 24, 48 and 72 hours. Viability was quantitated by MTT assay.