I am working on a mushroom to cheek for any anti-cancer properties. the water extracts were the most significant for the MTT assay, while for the IC50 the ethanol extracts had the lowest values, what could be going on?
The lower the IC50, the higher the toxicity level is. Because at the lower concentration of the extract already able to exert 50% of killing. Data got from MTT Assay, can use SPSS to do IC50 prediction.
The lowered IC 50 values of formulation system with organic solution might be due to the toxicity caused or enhance by ethanol as compared to buffer or aqueous medium. Thus, showing lower IC 50 values(50% cell kill conc.)in organic based formulations as compared to that of aqueous. Kindly refer the attached research paper for detail description on same.
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