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Table 5 Cytotoxicity IC50 values of different organic extracts of C. nigricolor on HeLa and MCF-7 cells

From: Diversity and biological activities of endophytic fungi associated with Catharanthus roseus

Extracts of C. nigricolor under study

Cytotoxic activity IC 50 (μg mL−1)

HeLa

MCF-7

EA mycelial extract

25 ± 0.4

>  100

EA culture filtrate extract

50 ± 0.02

>  100

Chloroform mycelial extract

>  100

>  100

Chloroform culture filtrate extract

>  100

>  100

Dichloromethane mycelial extract

>  100

>  100

Dichloromethane culture filtrate extract

>  100

>  100

Hexane mycelial extract

>  100

>  100

Hexane culture filtrate extract

>  100

45 ± 0.04

+ ve control

Vincristine

1.2

  1. EA, ethyl acetate
  2. Cell viability was determined by the MTT assay using human cervical cancer cell line, HeLa and human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7. IC50 values are mean ± SD calculated from results obtained from triplicate of two independent experiments (n = 6)