New Claims for Wild Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. carota) Essential Oil

Table 6

Effect of Daucus carota subsp. carota essential oil on cell lines viability.

Essential oil	Macrophages	Epithelial alveolar	Hepatocytes	Keratinocytes
(µL/mL)	Raw 264.7 (%)	cells A549 (%)	HepG2 (%)	HaCaT (%)
0.00 (control)	100 ± 0.0	100 ± 0.0	100 ± 0.0	100 ± 0.0
1.25	9.01 ± 9.01	64.25 ± 4.66	34.54 ± 4.92	55.76 ± 5.03
0.64	92.83 ± 1.04	86.25 ± 5.78	60.73 ± 6.51	76.30 ± 0.54
0.32	123.60 ± 15.28	110.60 ± 5.72	99.40 ± 5.49	85.21 ± 2.35
0.16	141.50 ± 14.56	130.80 ± 9.96	108.80 ± 4.81	94.44 ± 2.94
0.08	154.60 ± 15.55	201.90 ± 19.43	122.60 ± 10.43	104.23 ± 2.10

Results expressed as percentage of resazurin reduction compared to control cells maintained in culture medium. Each value represents mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments done in duplicate. Statistical differences compared to control cells (, , , and using one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison test).