Journal: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Article Title: Croton gratissimus leaf extracts inhibit cancer cell growth by inducing caspase 3/7 activation with additional anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities
doi: 10.1186/s12906-018-2372-9
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cytotoxic effect (IC 50 and LC 50 ) and the selectivity index (SI) of different extracts from Croton species and reference drug (doxorubicin hydrochloride) on cancerous cell lines versus a non-cancerous cell line
Article Snippet: Non-cancerous African green monkey (Vero) kidney cells (obtained from ATCC) were maintained at 37 °C and 5% CO 2 in a humidified environment in Minimal Essential Medium (MEM) containing L-glutamine (Lonza, Belgium) supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum (Capricorn Scientific Gmbh, South America) and 1% gentamicin (Virbac, RSA).
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