Table 3

Effect of time of addition of Porphyridium sp. polysacharide on NIH/3T3 cell transformation

Timing of Porphyridiumsp. addition of polysaccharide
Number of foci1



MuSV-124
MuSV/MuLV

None
80
70
24 h before infection
0
0
2 h before infection
0
0
0 h at infection
0
0
2 h after infection
15 ± 4
6 ± 2
24 h after infection
50 ± 7
14 ± 4
48 h after infection
73 ± 6
30 ± 5
72 h after infection
75 ± 7
64 ± 6

1Means of five cultures ± SD Foci were scored 12 days after infection. h means hours.

Talyshinsky et al. Cancer Cell International 2002 2:8   doi:10.1186/1475-2867-2-8