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. 2025 Oct 7. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1039/d5md00630a

Table 3. Cyclometalated Ir complexes ablate cancer cells via a combination of various PCDs.

Sl. no. Photosensitizer Cell line Photo-cytotoxicity (μM) Cell death pathway Reference
1 50 A549 0.31 ± 0.1 Ferroptosis and pyroptosis 181
2 51 A549 4.9 ± 1.0 Ferroptosis and pyroptosis 182
3 52 SGC-7901 2.4 ± 0.2 Apoptosis and ferroptosis 183
4 53 HeLa 5.6 ± 0.03 Apoptosis and pyroptosis 184
5 54 MCF-7 8 Ferroptosis and autophagy 185
6 55 MDA-MB-231 1.82 ± 0.01 Ferroptosis and autophagy 186
7 56 A549 1.0 ± 0.1 Apoptosis and ferroptosis 187
8 57 SW780 0.37 ± 0.01 Apoptosis and ferroptosis 188
9 58 A375 20 Apoptosis-autophagy-ferroptosis 189
10 59 MCF-7 0.78 Apoptosis and ferroptosis 190
11 60 MDA-MB-231 0.012 ± 0.004 Pyroptosis and ferroptosis 191
12 61 A549 2.4 Apoptosis and ferroptosis 192
13 62 MCF-7 0.20 ± 0.05 Apoptosis and ferroptosis 193