Table 1 Antimutagenic potency (AP) [%] of berberine in reducing the acridine orange (AO)-induced bleaching of Euglena gracilis cells.
From: Potential antimutagenic activity of berberine, a constituent of Mahonia aquifolium
mutagen | concentration of berberine [μg/ml] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AO [μM] | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.45 |
2.3 | 89 ± 2.2 | 88 ± 5.3 | 90 ± 6.2 | 86 ± 1.7 | 78 ± 6.5 |
11.4 | 80 ± 3.0 | 86 ± 4.2 | 84 ± 1.6 | 83 ± 1.1 | 82 ± 3.6 |
22.8 | 54 ± 3.5 | 54 ± 1.8 | 49 ± 4.1 | 38 ± 2.3 | 36 ± 1.7 |