Research Article

Cestrum nocturnum Flower Extracts Attenuate Proliferation and Induce Apoptosis in Malignant Cells through Inducing DNA Damage and Inhibiting Topoisomerase II Activity

Table 1

The concentrations of the CN flower fractions, which induced 50% decrease in malignant cells survival, according to MTT assay.

FractionsIC50 (μg/mL)
CNE-2ZBel-7404HeLa

B1411.71440.11845.9
B2213.51281.01933.58
B334.4237.2373.87
B417.5011.0823.59
B5202.1201.13181.70
C1130.3375.9150.78
C2162.53109.49909.41
C3403.13205.30550.77
C419.7818.7119.21
C522.9819.6219.70
C6211.10360.32144.68
C7588.06222.92211.01
C8387.63113.80335.91
C9245.55109.38199.93
C10272.11201.4452.3
5-Fu16.432.328.96

The cells were exposed to the agents for 72 h.