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Table 2 Cytotoxic activities of essential oil, ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Thymus capitata

From: Non-cytotoxic Thymus capitata extracts prevent Bovine herpesvirus-1 infection in cell cultures

Concentration (μg ml−1)

Mean cell survival percentage ± standard deviation

Essential oil (n = 3)

Ethanolic extract (n = 3)

Aqueous extract (n = 3)

5

100 ± 1.03

95.63 ± 3.31

NA

10

93.50 ± 1.13

93.18 ± 3.87

NA

20

84.51 ± 1.59

96.05 ± 2.87

NA

50

47.42 ± 0.64

92.83 ± 3.27

100 ± 0.74

100

14.77 ± 0.07

79.61 ± 3.64

92.21 ± 2.41

200

2.91 ± 0.03

45.83 ± 1.90

74.20 ± 1.71

300

1.63 ± 0.05

28.97 ± 1.90

48.35 ± 1.21

500

1.21 ± 0.04

26.80 ± 1.47

28.68 ± 0.38

  1. NA: Not applicable.