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Table 2 Effects of zedoary oil and β-elemene on cell viability

From: Zedoary oil (Ezhu You) inhibits proliferation of AGS cells

Group

n

Cell viability

24 h

48 h

72 h

Zedoary oil

0 μg/mL

4

99.5 ± 0.9

99.8 ± 0.3

99.9 ± 0.2

1 μg/mL

4

95.8 ± 2.9

82.5 ± 2.5**

71.0 ± 7.0**

10 μg/mL

4

95.0 ± 2.3

77.1 ± 6.2**

69.2 ± 2.3**

30 μg/mL

4

81.2 ± 6.2**

74.3 ± 3.5**

58.4 ± 2.9**

60 μg/mL

4

65.3 ± 5.1**

49.5 ± 4.2**

42.5 ± 5.4**

90 μg/mL

4

47.4 ± 1.5**

19.0 ± 3.6**

16.7 ± 5.9**

100 μg/mL

4

35.4 ± 4.7**

13.7 ± 9.4**

9.8 ± 5.7**

300 μg/mL

4

14.8 ± 2.5**

5.3 ± 0.6**

2.5 ± 0.7**

β-elemene

11.5 μg/mL

3

98.2 ± 2.0

98.1 ± 10.7

91.2 ± 7.4

23 μg/mL

4

97.1 ± 5.0

89.0 ± 8.5

86.8 ± 14.4

92 μg/mL

4

94.1 ± 6.8

81.6 ± 3.1*

79.6 ± 3.5*

184 μg/mL

4

87.6 ± 2.0

60.3 ± 9.5**

70.0 ± 9.1**

368 μg/mL

4

25.1 ± 2.4**

14.0 ± 6.3**

12.0 ± 3.4**

1104 μg/mL

4

9.3 ± 1.3**

3.2 ± 0.7**

5.0 ± 4.1**

  1. AGS cells were treated with zedoary oil in Ham’s/F-12 medium containing 10% FBS for 24, 48 and 72 h. The cell viability was detected by MTT assays. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. control cells.
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