An antioxidant resveratrol significantly enhanced replication of hepatitis C virus

Figure 2 Luciferase activity and cell viability of OR6 cells after addition of resveratrol (RVT) and astaxanthin (AXN) for 72 h. The indicated concentrations of RVT or AXN were added to the culture medium of OR6 cells, and after 72 h of culture, cells were harvested with Runilla lysis buffer and the lysate was subjected to the luciferase assay. Cell viability was evaluated by a trypan blue dye exclusion assay. A: Luciferase activity after addition of RVT; B: Cell viability after addition of RVT; C: Luciferase activity after addition of AXN; D: Cell viability after addition of AXN. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01.