Original Article

Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) and Licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) Root Extract Combinations Increase Hepatocarcinoma Cell (Hep-G2) Viability

Table 2

Cell-cycle analysis.

Cell cycleSub G1G1SG2/M

Time (h) 24
 Control0.46 ± 0.27a63.19 ± 0.83a14.10 ± 0.51b20.08 ± 0.83a
 GE2.05 ± 2.21a68.18 ± 5.30ab9.39 ± 2.52ab19.61 ± 3.39a
 LE0.79 ± 0.26a73.4 ± 2.50bc9.54 ± 1.55ab15.52 ± 1.76a
 f1/50.46 ± 0.05a75.01 ± 1.50bc9.74 ± 1.87ab14.07 ± 2.08a
 f1/30.26 ± 0.08a76.21 ± 2.01bc8.04 ± 1.92a14.63 ± 2.50a
 f1/20.25 ± 0.03a77.34 ± 2.59c8.18 ± 2.65a13.93 ± 3.01a
 f2/30.27 ± 0.01a76.86 ± 3.55bc8.54 ± 0.47a13.76 ± 2.85a
 f4/50.31 ± 0.06a77.37 ± 4.24c7.75 ± 2.42a14.12 ± 3.73a
Time (h) 48
 Control0.40 ± 0.36a69.61 ± 0.85a10.54 ± 3.09a17.74 ± 3.47b
 GE0.97 ± 0.21b77.31 ± 1.76b6.86 ± 2.25a14.17 ± 1.47ab
 LE0.67 ± 0.11ab78.47 ± 0.65bc8.88 ± 1.47a11.79 ± 1.63ab
 f1/50.32 ± 0.08a80.38 ± 0.73bcd6.72 ± 2.22a12.29 ± 2.86ab
 f1/30.31 ± 0.02a82.48 ± 1.56cd6.27 ± 2.53a10.8 ± 1.63a
 f1/20.26 ± 0.16a82.92 ± 1.76d5.76 ± 2.06a10.84 ± 2.89a
 f2/30.29 ± 0.13a83.17 ± 1.77d5.08 ± 1.21a11.20 ± 0.96a
 f4/50.35 ± 0.14a82.39 ± 2.11cd5.36 ± 1.31a11.45 ± 1.19a
Time (h) 72
 Control0.54 ± 0.12a65.76 ± 2.02a10.38 ± 4.60a20.17 ± 2.14c
 GE1.14 ± 0.27c75.73 ± 0.61c6.10 ± 2.87a16.15 ± 2.83bc
 LE1.04 ± 0.11bc79.44 ± 0.62bc8.71 ± 0.70a10.90 ± 0.63ab
 f1/50.69 ± 0.23abc80.68 ± 0.24abc6.80 ± 3.04a11.91 ± 2.55ab
 f1/30.73 ± 0.16abc81.68 ± 0.62abc5.95 ± 2.47a11.60 ± 2.36ab
 f1/20.63 ± 0.02ab83.27 ± 1.07ab4.77 ± 2.04a11.16 ± 1.44ab
 f2/30.45 ± 0.12a82.93 ± 0.22a6.55 ± 2.69a9.87 ± 2.12ab
 f4/50.42 ± 0.19a79.31 ± 1.50a7.98 ± 2.74a11.82 ± 1.39ab

Columns of the same category and time period with different letters are significantly different ( ).