Table 3 Anticancer activity of ED@AuNPs.

From: Eco-friendly synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Equisetum diffusum D. Don. with broad-spectrum antibacterial, anticancer, antidiabetic, and antioxidant potentials

Concentration µg/mL

Sample

Absorbance (1)

Absorbance (2)

Absorbance (3)

Viability (%) (1)

Viability (%) (2)

Viability (%) (3)

Average Viability (%)

S.D

40

Control

0.312

0.322

0.317

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

0.00

10

AuNPs

0.210

0.215

0.212

70.45

72.10

71.28

71.28

0.83

20

AuNPs

0.185

0.190

0.188

65.32

67.45

66.14

66.30

1.07

50

AuNPs

0.170

0.175

0.172

60.25

62.30

61.40

61.32

1.03

100

AuNPs

0.160

0.165

0.162

55.14

57.25

56.20

56.20

1.06

150

AuNPs

0.150

0.155

0.152

50.12

52.30

51.20

51.21

1.08

200

AuNPs

0.143

0.159

0.151

45.83

49.38

47.63

47.62

1.77