Research Article

Enhanced Antitumoral Activity of Extracts Derived from Cultured Udotea flabellum (Chlorophyta)

Table 2

Cytotoxicity (CC50) of U. flabellum extracts on normal cell line and selective index (SI) for each cancer cell line.

Time (Irradiance treatment)CC50 MDCK CellsSI
SiHaHeLaHep-2KB

Time = 0297.9±11.2
Day = 10
A 10 6.5 19.4 13.7
B 6.4 7.0 14.5 9.3
C 28 5.3 17.1 8.8
D 21 4.3 8.2 9.6
Day = 20
A 3.6 7.9 5.0 2.6
B 4.3 9.2 5.4 2.3
C 5.8 5.5 5.0 3.2
D 6.0 5.0 4.2 3.4
Day = 30
A 1.0 1.0 5.4 5.0
B 0.5 6.7 4.3 4.0
C 0.6 0.9 5.7 4.2
D 0.7 0.8 4.0 3.3

CC50: mean concentration that killed 50% of cells; SI = ratio of cytotoxic to antiproliferative activity.