Research Article

Cytotoxic Effect of Ethanol Extract of Microalga, Chaetoceros calcitrans, and Its Mechanisms in Inducing Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cell Line

Figure 1

Morphology changes of MCF-7 cells after EEC treatment for 24 (a) and 72 (c) hours. Treated cells were rounded up and cell to cell adhesion was lost. Arrows show membrane blebbing and rounded cells at 40x magnification. The black bar in each image represents 10 μm.
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(a) Untreated MCF-7 cells, 24 hours
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(b) Treated MCF-7 cells, 24 hours
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(c) Untreated MCF-7 cells, 72 hours
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(d) Treated MCF-7 cells, 72 hours