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Table 1 Hemolytic activity of the M. alcicornis extract on several types of erythrocytes

From: Cytolytic and systemic toxic effects induced by the aqueous extract of the fire coral Millepora alcicornis collected in the Mexican Caribbean and detection of two types of cytolisins

Erythrocytes type

Hemolytic unit (HU50)

Rat

0.042 ± 0.005

Guinea pig

0.29 ± 0.15

Mouse

0.41 ± 0.015

Rabbit

0.63 ± 0.35

Human

1.0 ± 0.31

Chicken

129 ± 8.2*

  1. *p < 0.05 versus hemolysis on rat erythrocytes