Table 3 Lactate dehydrogenase cytotoxicity assay against HCT116 Cells.

From: Making of water soluble curcumin to potentiate conventional antimicrobials by inducing apoptosis-like phenomena among drug-resistant bacteria

Medium absorbance (λmax 500)

Cell + medium absorbance (λmax 500)

Cell + 2% Triton X 100 absorbance (λmax 500)

Concentration (µg/ml)

sCur treated cells absorbance (λmax 500)

MoS2 QDs treated cells absorbance (λmax 500)

% cytotoxicity by MoS2 QDs

1.124 ± 0.125

1.318 ± 0.265

4.115 ± 0.304

32

1.403 ± 0.162

2.459 ± 0.217

0.706

64

1.453 ± 0.134

2.577 ± 0.221

6.096

128

1.521 ± 0.113

2.904 ± 0.144

18.104

256

1.648 ± 0.126

3.429 ± 0.246

38.031

512

1.750 ± 0.105

3.984 ± 0.293

54.014

1,024

1.832 ± 0.134

4.357 ± 0.287

71.784

2048

1.902 ± 0.182

4.684 ± 0.261

92.641

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