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Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Apr 6;126(1):10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.03.049. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.03.049

Table-2. EC50 values of Taxol.

A: First generation Taxol-r8 conjugates

EC50 (μM)
Patient Taxol 2a 3a
A ascites* ⋙20 1.4 1.3
B ascites ⋙20 7.7 4.6
C ascites ⋙20 15 11
D ascites ⋙20 17 24
E ascites†, ⋙20 14 17
F ascites* ⋙20 4.2 4.4
G ascites*,§ ⋙20 1.2 ---
H ascites†, ⋙20 21 ---
I solid tumor 16.2 3.9 3.1
B: Second generation Taxol-r8 conjugates

EC50 (μM)
Patient 2b 2c 2d 3b 3c 3d

A ascites* 1.0 --- --- 2.2 --- 1.1
B ascites 8.0 --- --- 1.2 --- ---
F ascites* 3.4 4.2 2.3 3.7 1.5 1.0
G ascites*,§ 1.5 3.7 2.3 2.5 4.3 1.5
H ascites†, 23.0 --- --- --- 20.0 ---

Refer to Figure 1 for chemical structures of Taxol-r8 conjugates (2a, 3a) and (2b, 2c, 2d, 3b, 3c, and 3d)

Values calculated from 5 different compound concentrations ranging from 0.625 μM to 20 μM

*

Results are the mean of two independent experiments

48-hr incubation.

§

Clear cell carcinoma.

Carcinosarcoma