Research Article

Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis Induction via Modulation of Mitochondrial Integrity by Bcl-2 Family Members and Caspase Dependence in Dracaena cinnabari-Treated H400 Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 5

Cell cycle analysis of H400 cells at 48 and 72 hours treated with studied compounds of D. cinnabari at concentration of IC50.

CompoundsPercentage of cells (%)
Sub-G1G1SG2/M

48 hours
Negative control2.86 ± 0.2763.52 ± 1.423.91 ± 0.0517.11 ± 0.09
DC extract27.87 ± 0.7935.13 ± 0.625.21 ± 0.1010.47 ± 0.17
DCc29.78 ± 0.9224.89 ± 0.435.90 ± 0.2213.21 ± 0.36
DCd30.28 ± 0.7433.09 ± 0.505.47 ± 0.0612.51 ± 0.22
DCc155.16 ± 0.2362.31 ± 1.054.52 ± 0.0613.37 ± 0.12
DCd1626.33 ± 0.4443.40 ± 1.146.93 ± 0.1012.96 ± 0.17

72 hours
Negative control7.00 ± 2.4088.04 ± 1.162.27 ± 0.602.66 ± 1.55
DC extract64.2 ± 7.1924.34 ± 2.717.95 ± 2.323.18 ± 2.38
DCc56.45 ± 2.6130.57 ± 7.908.08 ± 3.524.32 ± 3.40
DCd59.8 ± 7.3626.03 ± 3.0610.18 ± 1.913.93 ± 2.48
DCc1521.43 ± 7.5970.69 ± 2.305.32 ± 3.712.28 ± 2.04
DCd1668.43 ± 4.3822.56 ± 2.527.46 ± 1.261.59 ± 0.93

The values are expressed as mean ± SEM in triplicate. Significant difference compared to negative control with through one-way ANOVA.