Correlation Between Antioxidative Power and Anticancer Activity in Herbs from Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulae with Anticancer Therapeutic Effect

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Table 1.. List of herbal extracts tested.

Chinese name	Scientific name	Family	Plant part(s)	Voucher number
Ban bian lian	Lobeliae chinensis. Herba	Campanulaceae	Dried aerial part	AC001
Da huang	Rheum officinale. Baill.	Polygonaceeae	Dried root and rhizome	AC002
Di yu	Sanguisorba officinalis. Linn.	Rosaceae	Dried root	AC003
Xian he cao	Agrimonia pilosa. Ledeb.	Rosaceae	Dried aerial part	AC004
Zhi hua tou	Paris polyphylla. Smith	Trilliaceae	Dried rhizome	AC005

Figure 1 Percentage free radical scavenging capacity (SR%) of the five herbal water extracts. Data are expressed as mean ±SEM, n = 3.

Figure 2 The total amount of phenolics of the five herbal water extracts. Phenolic contents are expressed as mg/mL of gallic acid. Data are expressed as mean±SEM, n = 3.

Table 2.. Percentage inhibition of the five herbal water extracts on MCF-7 cell and A549 cell.

	Percentage growth inhibition (%)
Water extract (1 mg/mL)	MCF-7 cell	A549 cell
Ban bian lian	5.308 ± 0.905	1.67 ± 0.811
Da huang	73.71 ± 1.235	76.27 ± 2.533
Di yu	97.95 ± 0.441	98.02 ± 0.285
Xian he cao	77.52 ± 0.240	82.49 ± 0.627
Zhi hua tou	50.98 ± 1.731	48.35 ± 4.151

Data are expressed as means ±SEM, n = 3.

Figure 3 Relations of SR% and growth inhibition percentage of the five herbal water extracts on (A) A549 cells, (B) MCF-7 cells.