Table 2 |
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| Anti-HIV-1 protease activity of aqueous ethanolic extracts of C. adenogonium | ||||
| Sample name | % Inhibition at various concentrations (μg/ml) | |||
| 10 | 30 | 100 | IC50(μg/ml) | |
| Stem bark extract | 27.6 ± 1.4 | 60.4 ± 1.4 | 70.9 ± 4.2 | 26.5 |
| Leaf extract | - | - | 17.4 ± 1.4 | >100 |
| Root extract | 21.4 ± 0.9 | 66.7 ± 1.1 | 79.0 ± 1.8 | 24.7 |
| Acetyl pepstatin* | 70.0 ± 0.5 | 82.4 ± 0.4 | 88.5 ± 0.2 | 2.2 |
Key: The results are Mean ± SD (n = 3), * positive control, - no inhibition.
Mushi et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:163 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-12-163
