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Table 5 Determination of antitumor activity

From: Characterization, antimicrobial and antitumor activity of superoxide dismutase extracted from Egyptian honeybee venom (Apis mellifera lamarckii)

Sample conc. (µg/ml)

Viability %

Inhibitory %

SD ( ±)

(a) Inhibitory activity against hepatocellularcarcinoma cells was under these experimental conditions with IC50 = 6.67 ± 0.75 µg/ml

 500

1.97

98.03

0.31

 250

4.52

95.48

0.26

 125

9.73

90.27

0.95

 62.5

17.40

82.6

1.42

 31.25

26.35

73.65

1.73

 15.6

35.42

64.58

1.64

 7.8

42.97

57.03

2.59

 3.9

67.21

32.79

2.37

 2

80.36

19.64

1.08

 1

89.42

10.58

0.84

 0

100

0

0

(b) Inhibitory activity against breast carcinoma cells was detected under these experimental conditions with IC50 = 291.1 ± 9.54 µg/ml

 500

28.63

71.37

3.95

 250

54.21

45.79

2.43

 125

83.59

16.41

1.73

 62.5

98.64

1.36

0.82

 31.25

100

0

0

 15.6

100

0

0

 0

100

0

0