Table 2 Anticancer potentialities of fucoidan (Fu), nanocurcumin (NCur), NCur-mediated SeNPs (NCur/SeNPs) and their composites against colorectal adenocarcinoma cells.

From: The anticancer activity of fucoidan coated selenium nanoparticles and curcumin nanoparticles against colorectal cancer lines

Anticancer agent

IC50 (mg/L)*

CaCo-2

HT-29

Fu

> 200a

> 200a

NCur

86.61 ± 5.67b#

109.76 ± 8.42b^

NCur/SeNPs

27.16 ± 2.18c#

78.28 ± 3.85c^

Fu/NCur/SeNPs

10.35 ± 0.83d#

19.44 ± 1.39d^

Cisplatin

25.56 ± 1.62c#

83.77 ± 3.27c^

  1. *Dissimilar superscript symbols (within row) and letters (within column) indicate significance at p ≤ 0.05.
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