Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells induced by ethanol extracts of Solanum lyratum Thumb through the mitochondrial pathway

Table 4 mRNA expressions of genes relating to hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells in each group

Group	Concentration, C/mg•L-1	mRNA expression of genes
		Fas	FasL	Caspase-8	Caspase-3	p53	Bcl-2	β-actin
Three ST groups with different concentrations	2.5	52.47 ± 0.10	58.25 ± 0.51	30.57 ± 0.10	22.15 ± 0.02	34.17 ± 0.01	36.28 ± 0.14	17.53 ± 0.14
	5	52.74 ± 0.08	56.81 ± 0.30	30.76 ± 0.03	22.33 ± 0.09	34.45 ± 0.20	35.40 ± 0.51	18.15 ± 0.41
	10	53.41 ± 0.64	55.94 ± 0.80	31.30 ± 0.24	23.01 ± 0.47	35.11 ± 0.69	33.54 ± 0.51	19.10 ± 0.91
Negative control group	0	52.32 ± 0.04	59.13 ± 0.07	30.44 ± 0.06	22.05 ± 0.03	34.11 ± 0.02	37.59 ± 0.33	17.30 ± 0.17
Positive control group	2.5	52.79 ± 0.11	56.69 ± 0.34	30.77 ± 0.03	22.35 ± 0.12	34.43 ± 0.20	35.53 ± 0.35	18.18 ± 0.41

ST: Solanum lyratum Thumb.