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Table 2 IC50 values of the tested plant extracts towards leukemia CCRF–CEM cells and as determined by the resazurin assay

From: Cytotoxicity of methanol extracts of Annona muricata, Passiflora edulis and nine other Cameroonian medicinal plants towards multi-factorial drug-resistant cancer cell lines

Tested plant and parts

IC50 values (µg/mL)

Plants

Parts

Alchornea floribunda

Bark (AFB)

18.88 ± 1.65

Leaves

46.00 ± 4.26

Annona muricata

Fruit pericarp (AMP)

4.58 ± 0.25

Leaves (AML)

0.57 ± 0.02

Seeds (AMS)

0.36 ± 0.03

Canarium schweinfurthii

Fruit

38.62 ± 3.69

Colocasia esculenta

Leaves

38.19 ± 4.39

Euphorbia prostata

Whole plant (EPW)

18.59 ± 1.12

Hibiscus esculentus

Fruit

60.79 ± 7.04

Moringa oleifera

Leaves

29.79 ± 1.26

Pachypodanthium staudtii

Bark (PSB)

17.22 ± 1.16

Leaves (PSL)

13.59 ± 1.12

Roots (PSR)

17.62 ± 1.18

Passiflora edulis

Fruit pericarp (PEP)

3.41 ± 0.55

Fruit (PEF)

0.69 ± 0.13

Triumphetta pentandra

Leaves

36.28 ± 2.84

Xanthosoma mafaffa

Leaves

43.20 ± 0.99

Doxorubicin

 

0.11 ± 0.03

  1. In italics: significant cytotoxic effect