Table 2: The effect of different shapes and concentrations of GNPs on cell cycle distributions of HEp-2 cells.
| Concentrations | Percentages of Hep-2 cells in different phases of the cell cycle | ||
| G1% | S% | G2% | |
| Control | 8.31 | 33.62 | 58.67 |
| GNSs (pre IC50) | 7.79 | 46.96 | 45.25 |
| GNSs (IC50) | 11.35 | 75.29 | 13.36 |
| GNSs (post IC50) | 12.73 | 68.10 | 19.17 |
| GNRs (pre IC50) | 11.16 | 41.21 | 47.64 |
| GNRs (IC50) | 5.70 | 52.63 | 41.67 |
| GNRs (post IC50) | 9.64 | 71.35 | 21.02 |