Research Article

Leaf Extracts of Calocedrus formosana (Florin) Induce G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Bladder Cancer Cells

Table 1

Flow cytometry analysis in TCCSUP cells treated with Florin extracts.

Dose Percentage (mean ± S.D.) of TCCSUP bladder cancer cells at each cell cycle phase after treatment with different concentrations of Florin extracts (μg/mL) at 24 h.

subG1 (%)G1 (%)S (%)G2/M (%)

0 (control)0.8 ± 0.354.6 ± 0.515.2 ± 0.129.4 ± 0.3
61.4 ± 0.546.6 ± 2.516.0 ± 1.736.0 ± 2.7*
122.9 ± 0.124.9 ± 1.112.8 ± 0.859.4 ± 0.4**
251.3 ± 0.22.2 ± 0.21.9 ± 1.394.6 ± 1.1***

aTCCSUP cell growth was arrested at the G2/M phase after Florin-extract treatment in a dose-dependent manner, and these cells were significantly different from the control cells.
bCell numbers decreased significantly at the G1 phase (* , ** , *** ).