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Table 1 Effect of Sn(IV)porphyrin on biological properties of Acanthamoeba castellanii

From: Photochemotherapeutic strategies against Acanthamoeba keratitis

 

% Growth inhibition

% Viability inhibition

% Adhesion inhibition

% Cytopathogenicity inhibition

Acanthamoeba + solvent

12%±2.1

2.1%±1.1

6.8%±0.4

11.7%±0.8

Acanthamoeba + Sn(IV)porphyrin (10μM)

51%±6.3

4.5%±0.3

12.7%±2.3

15.4%±2.2

Acanthamoeba + Sn(IV)porphyrin (50μM)

73%±4.4

7.3%±2.2

44%±4.1

58.8%±6.2

Acanthamoeba + Sn(IV)porphyrin (100μM)

98.2%±5.3

12.7%±1.3

67%±3.2

72.3%±5.2

  1. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error of three independent experiments performed in duplicate.