In Vitro Cytotoxic, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Activities of Mesua beccariana (Baill.) Kosterm., Mesua ferrea Linn., and Mesua congestiflora Extracts

Table 1

IC₅₀ values of a panel of human cancer cell lines treated with extracts of the three Mesua species.

Crude Extracts	Cell lines with IC50 values (µg/mL)
	Raji	SNU-1	K562	LS-174T	SK-MEL-28	IMR-32	HeLa	Hep-G2	NCI-H23
M. beccariana
Hexane	—	20.00±1.15	20.00±3.27	—	34.37±2.32	49.80±2.04	—	41.67±2.18	22.90±1.12
DCM	—	43.75±0.78	45.83±2.00	—	—	70.80±2.36	—	—	38.50±1.08
EA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	80.00±2.43
MeOH	0.98±1.96	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
M. ferrea
Hexane	—	17.50±1.02	21.88±1.09	21.88±1.27	43.75±1.91	20.30±0.84	13.75±1.77	11.45±1.09	16.67±1.65
DCM	—	22.91±1.25	11.45±1.09	41.67±1.38	43.75±2.38	15.64±2.62	—	8.85±1.71	13.75±1.92
EA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MeOH	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
M. congestiflora
Hexane	—	40.63±1.45	70.83±3.37	—	—	—	—	—	50.00±1.44
EA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MeOH	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Quercetin	2.08±0.80	6.30±1.93	9.89±3.20	—	21.88±2.07	31.25±2.11	8.00±1.74	5.21±1.85	17.50±1.88

∗IC₅₀ values more than 100 µg/mL indicate weak activity with symbol (—).
**Each data represents the mean of three independent experiments.