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From: Is cytotoxicity a determinant of the different in vitro and in vivo effects of bioactives?

Fig. 2

Cytotoxic effects of PRO after 24 (a, b) and 48 (c) hours of supplementation. Cell viability by MTT and AB is expressed as percentage of control cells (assigned as 100%). TB is expressed as percentage of total cells. Cell count is expressed as number of cells per well. Colony count by clonogenic assay is expressed as survival fraction. BAX/BCL2 gene expression ratio is expressed as the mean fold change of relative expression compared to control cells, normalized to one. Data are means ± SD of six samples obtained from two independent experiments. Statistical analysis was by the one-way ANOVA (panel a: MTT p < 0.001, TB, AB, and cell count n.s.; panel b: colony count n.s., BAX/BCL2 ratio p < 0.001; panel c: MTT, TB, AB, and cell count n.s.) using Dunnett’s as post-test to compare supplemented cells to control ones (° p < 0.01; * p < 0.001)

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