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. 2026 Jan 22. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1039/d5md00980d

Table 1. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of trans-ferulic acid derivatives on cancerous (HepG2, Hep3B, Huh7, MCF7 and A549) cell lines and in vitro safety assay towards human normal (WI-38) cell lines using MTT assay.

Compound Cytotoxicity (IC50 μg mL−1)
HepG2 HuH7 Hep3B MCF7 A549 WI38
4a 19.8 ± 1.1 29.8 ± 1.6 36.1 ± 1.4 44.2 ± 1.8 26.3 ± 1.0 73.0 ± 1.8
4b 53.3 ± 0.8 68.8 ± 0.8 70.6 ± 1.0 32.7 ± 1.5 40.0 ± 1.2 11.9 ± 0.7
4c 72.0 ± 0.4 81.9 ± 1.2 76.3 ± 1.2 55.9 ± 1.6 49.3 ± 1.7 8.4 ± 0.6
4d 7.6 ± 0.3 27.6 ± 1.4 16.9 ± 0.3 13.3 ± 0.6 16.9 ± 0.2 32.9 ± 0.8
4e 1.8 ± 0.1 6.7 ± 0.3 7.1 ± 0.4 9.7 ± 0.1 7.3 ± 0.2 31.8 ± 0.8
6 45.2 ± 0.8 59.8 ± 0.8 52.0 ± 0.7 67.3 ± 1.7 83.4 ± 0.6 17.6 ± 0.6
12 4.3 ± 0.2 7.2 ± 0.4 5.7 ± 0.3 11.6 ± 0.5 8.4 ± 0.3 77.1 ± 1.3
TFA 40.7 ± 1.7 56.6 ± 2.9 23.6 ± 1.2 75.4 ± 1.9 >100 77.2 ± 2.8
DOX 3.4 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.5 1.00 ± 0.02 3.1 ± 0.2 4.2 ± 0.1 23.7 ± 0.9