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Figure 5

In vitro cytotoxicity of pure curcumin, MCM-41-CUR and MCM-41-CUR PM in SCC-25 cell line after 24, 48, and 72 h (a). CTL, C1, C2, and C3 denote the control group, curcumin equivalent dose of 15 ppm, 30 ppm, and 45 ppm, respectively, used in the cell cytotoxicity experiment. Protein expression studies using Western blot analysis for pure curcumin, MCM-41-CUR and MCM-41 (b) [88].

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