Research Article

Anticancer Activity of Ipomoea purpurea Leaves Extracts in Monolayer and Three-Dimensional Cell Culture

Table 1

In vitro the antiproliferative activity (IC50) of extracts of I. purpurea leaves after 24 h of treatment.

IC50 (μg/ml)
ExtractsA-549MDA-MB-231HepG-2MCF-10A

Chloroform198.66 ± 0.96235.50 ± 2.15>400.0<5,000.0
Methanol196.37 ± 1.29>400.0289.68 ± 3.78<5,000.0
Hexane>400.0>400.0>400.0<5,000.0
Ethyl acetate>400.0>400.0>400.0<5,000.0
Aqueous>400.0>400.0>400.0<5,000.0
Etoposide29.21 ± 0.1935.91 ± 0.8227.26 ± 1.09129.31 ± 2.07

Values are means of three replicate samples (n = 3). Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics.