“…To assess the cytotoxicity of CIM, RAW264.7 or BMM cells were seeded at 3 × 10 3 /well in triplicate in 96-well plates and incubated overnight to allow adhesion. Then, CIM was added to the medium at a gradient of concentrations (0, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1,280, 2,560 μM) for 48 or 96 h. The medium was replaced every 48 h. Then, the medium in each well was replaced with 100 µL of fresh medium supplemented with a 10% CCK-8 buffer solution, and the 96-well plates were incubated under the same conditions for 1 h. The absorbance was measured at a wavelength of 450 nm using an ELX800 absorbance microplate reader (Bio-Tek, United States), and phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) served as the reference ( Yang et al, 2020 ). Cell viability was calculated as a percentage relative to the vehicle-treated control group.…”