Original Article

Inhibition of Human Cervical Cancer Cell Growth by Ethanolic Extract of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. (Punarnava) Root

Table 1

Cell cycle distribution of HeLa cell line after treatment with vehicle control (DMSO, 0.3%) or BDF 5 (200  g mL−1).

Distribution (% cells)Control cellsBDF 5-treated Cells
24 h48 h72 h24 h48 h72 h

G152 ± 1.460 ± 1.559 ± 1.548 ± 1.254 ± 0.547 ± 1.1
G2+M13 ± 1.510 ± 2.19 ± 0.616 ± 2.018 ± 2.114 ± 2.0
S35 ± 1.630 ± 0.532 ± 2.036 ± 1.828 ± 2.539 ± 3.1
Sub-G11.8 ± 0.32.4 ± 0.52.4 ± 0.115.5 ± 3.525 ± 4.034 ± 4.1

The data are expressed as mean ± SE from four independent experiments.