Table 1

EC50 values of vitamin C in human neuroblastoma cell lines. Cells were treated with sodium ascorbate for 24 h, EC50 values were determined by using trypan blue exclusion method. Values indicated are the mean ± S.D. of three separate experiments.
Neuroblastoma cell lines
 EC50 (mM) 24 h
HTLA-230
 1.78 ± 0.3
IMR-32
 0.89 ± 0.04
LAN-5
 0.88 ± 0.03
GI-LI-N
 0.98 ± 0.04
SH-SY5Y
 1.44 ± 0.2

Carosio et al. Molecular Cancer 2007 6:55   doi:10.1186/1476-4598-6-55