Table 5 Anticancer activity (IC₅₀ μg mL⁻¹) of the extracts prepared from endophytic fungi isolated from M. citriodora against different human cancer cell lines

1.

MC-8 L

38.0 ± 0.08^a

24.3 ± 0.03

26.4 ± 0.06

19.7 ± 0.1^a

2.

MC-14 L

<10 ± 0.0

<10 ± 0.0

<10 ± 0.0

<10 ± 0.0

3.

MC-18 L

9.0 ± 0.02^a

4.8 ± 0.02^b

27.7 ± 0.06^a,b

19.6 ± 0.02

4.

MC-24 L

<10 ± 0.0

<10 ± 0.0

<10 ± 0.0

<10 ± 0.0

5.

MC-25 L

<10 ± 0.0

<10 ± 0.0

9.9 ± 0.02

12.7 ± 0.02

6.

MC-7 F

32.2 ± 0.2^a

23.6 ± 0.02^a,b

32.3 ± 0.04^b

26 ± 0.04

7.

MC-14 F

62.8 ± 0.5^a,b

<10 ± 0.0^a,c

23.3 ± 0.02^b

42.7 ± 0.3^c

8.

MC-26 F

11.1 ± 0.01

<10 ± 0.0

11.7 ± 0.01

8.0 ± 0.02

Paclitaxel in nM

120 ± 0.2

<10 ± 0.0

65 ± 0.3

777 ± 0.1