Thymoquinone enhances the antioxidant and anticancer activity of Lebanese propolis

Figure 5 Anticancer activity of Thymoquinone and methanol propolis extract from Rashaya and Akkar-Danniyeh against HCT-116 human colorectal cancer cells. A: Cells were treated with each of methanol propolis extract from Rashaya (MPE–R), methanol propolis extract from Akkar-Danniyeh (MPE-D) and Thymoquinone (TQ; 0-15 µg/mL) alone for 24, 48 and 72 h; B: Cells were treated with the combination of each of MPEs (0-7.5 µg/mL) with TQ (0-7.5 µg/mL) for the same time point. Cell viability was then determined using MTT assay. The values are expressed as percentage of viable cells relative to untreated control. Each value represents the mean ± SD of n = 1 experiment performed in duplicates.