Research Article

Methanol Extract of Coleus amboinicus (Lour) Exhibited Antiproliferative Activity and Induced Programmed Cell Death in Colon Cancer Cell WiDr

Table 2

The expression of apoptosis-related genes after cells treated with 5-FU and methanol extract of CA at 10, 15, 25, and 50 µg/ml concentrations.

TreatmentFold change
BaxBcl-2p53Caspase 8Caspase 9Caspase 1Caspase 7

Control1.000 ± 0.000a1.000 ± 0.000a1.000 ± 0.000a1.000 ± 0.000a1.000 ± 0.000a1.000 ± 0.000a1.000 ± 0.000a
5-FU1.800 ± 0.170b0.236 ± 0.025b3.285 ± 1.135a0.325 ± 0.005b4.785 ± 0.545b0.445 ± 0.015a0.235 ± 0.005a
10 µg/ml1.476 ± 0.138b0.054 ± 0.010b1.388 ± 0.402a0.788 ± 0.095b1.023 ± 0.412a0.931 ± 0.084a0.693 ± 0.082a
15 µg/ml1.665 ± 0.035b0.807 ± 0.062b1.887 ± 0.355a0.710 ± 0.000b1.263 ± 0.157a1.130 ± 0.024a1.020 ± 0.109a
25 µg/ml0.406 ± 0.023b0.083 ± 0.013b0.167 ± 0.001a0.080 ± 0.029b0.824 ± 0.119a42.421 ± 2.057b40.855 ± 7.147b
50 µg/ml0.773 ± 0.078a0.043 ± 0.008b0.050 ± 0.008a0.046 ± 0.001b0.825 ± 0.111a34.253 ± 9.917b37.888 ± 11.806b

a versus control.b versus control.