Impact of Procyanidins from Different Berries on Caspase 8 Activation in Colon Cancer

Table 2

EC₅₀ and maximum proapoptotic activity, expressed in percentage of apoptotic cells. Results were observed after 24 h (SW620) or 48 h (SW480) treatment with apple Pcys, lowbush blueberry, and lingonberry Pcy-rich extracts.

Fruit	Human colon cancer cell line
	SW620	SW480	SW620	SW480
	EC50 in µg/ml		% of apoptotic cells at 75 µg/ml
Lowbush blueberry	24.7 ± 0.1	25.2 ± 4.5	95 ± 1%	92 ± 6%
Lingonberry	24.3 ± 0.2	24.7 ± 0.1	37 ± 2%	41 ± 5%
Apple	46.0 ± 4.5	34.6 ± 0.3	64 ± 9%	55 ± 9%