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Table 2 Brine shrimp lethal activity (BSLA) and in vitro cytotoxicity of methanol extract selected plants on RD cells

From: In vitro cytotoxic activity of medicinal plants from Nigeria ethnomedicine on Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer cell line and HPLC analysis of active extracts

S/N

Plant

BSLA, LC50

(μg/mL, n = 3)

MTT Assay, CC50

(μg/mL, n = 3)

1

Acanthospermum hispidum

183.70 ± 5.64

19.65 ± 1.23

2

Alchornea laxiflora

142.40 ± 4.14

> 100

3

Boerhavia diffusa

424.7 ± 11.64

> 100

4

Calliandra portoricensis

188.5 ± 5.94

0.82 ± 0.08

5

Clausena anisata

318.2 ± 8.12

8.83 ± 0.59

6

Croton gratissimus

ND

> 100

7

Eleusine indica

76.3 ± 2.61

11.42 ± 1.01

8

Entandrophragma utile

247.1 ± 5.64

51.74 ± 3.71

9

Ficus sur

ND

19.23 ± 3.21

10

Heliotropium indicum

391.30 ± 11.24

> 100

11

Hoslundia opposite

149.8 ± 11.61

> 100

12

Holarrhena floribunda

595.10 ± 15.11

> 100

13

Ipomoea asarifolia

484 ± 9.12

88.21 ± 5.61

14

Lagenaria breviflora

273.2 ± 7.98

12.17 + 0.81

15

Lecaniodiscus cupanioides

ND

17.23 ± 1.98

16

Lippia multiflora

ND

> 100

17

Macaranga barteri

159.13 ± 11.12

0.22 ± 0.01

18

Mimosa pudica

443.2 ± 7.22

2.03 ± 0.11

19

Mondia whitei

ND

> 100

20

Nauclea diderrichii

> 1000

> 100

21

Parquetina nigrescens

ND

43.22 ± 2.43

22

Petiveria alliacea

ND

> 100

23

Picralima nitida

260.6 ± 9.64

55.59 ± 3.01

24

Piper guineensis

285.50 ± 1.16

> 100

25

Sarcocephalus latifolius

616.2 ± 5.63

> 100

26

Secamone afzelii

450.5 ± 8.61

11.99 ± 2.01

27

Spondias mombin

ND

53.33 ± 5.21

28

Terminalia ivorensis

492.9 ± 10.12

13.42 ± 0.92

29

Terminalia superba

161.7 ± 5.35

> 100

30

Tetracera alnifolia

155.1 ± 1.94

> 100

31

Trichilia monadelpha

ND

> 100

32

Cyclophosphamide

101.3 ± 1.12

0.97 ± 0.03

  1. n no. of replicates, ND Not determined