Efficiency of Multiple Extraction Solvents on Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, and Phytotoxic Potential of Taraxacum officinale (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg. from Poonch Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Table 2

Percentage mortality and LC₅₀ values observed in different extracts using the brine shrimp cytotoxic assay.

Plant extracts	Mortality (%) in probits at different doses					Slope	Intercept	R square	LC50	95% CI
	6	12	25	50	100
Methanolic extract	5.00	5.25	5.52	6.28	—	1.334	3.863	0.917	7.122	3.642–13.926
Acetone extract	4.75	5.00	5.52	5.84	—	1.238	3.745	0.986	10.32	5.243–20.336
n-Hexane extract	4.48	5.00	5.25	5.84	5.84	1.167	3.660	0.942	14.12	7.066–28.238
Vincristine sulphate	5.00	5.52	5.52	5.84	—	0.816	4.462	0.867	4.608	1.677–12.662

LC₅₀ : lethal concentration 50%; CI : confidence interval.