Table 2. Anti-amoebic activity (IC
50
) and cytotoxicity (CC
50
) of Garcinia parviflora and Cratoxylum sumatranum
a
Data represent mean ± SD of data from two repetitions experiment
b
Plant extracts with the high SI values
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This part of research was supported by Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), World
Class Professor (WCP) program from the Indoneisa
Ministry of Research Technology and Higher
Education, Natural Product Management Research
and Development (NPMRD) from Institute Tropical
Disease (ITD) Universitas Airlangga Indonesia.
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