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Table 11 The cytotoxicity assay with different water extracts for ginger peels at different concentrations

From: Chemical constituents and biological activities of different extracts from ginger plant (Zingiber officinale)

Ginger

Cytotoxicity (%)

250 ppm

500 ppm

1000 ppm

Cold water extract

12.3 ± 1.0b

21.7 ± 1.8b

34.33 ± 2.15b

Hot water extract

32.5 ± 1.70a

57.9 ± 1.57a

86.8 ± 3.57a

Doxorubicin

The anticancer standard that gave 95% at 10 ppm

  1. Values are means of three replicates ± SE
  2. The values in the column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P = 0.01