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. 2015 Feb 24;19(4):865–878. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.12508

Table 2.

Antiproliferative activity of ligand and metal complexes on human leukaemia HL-60 cells at three concentrations

Compound Inhibition of cell proliferation (%)*
10 μM 1 μM 0.1 μM
HL 0 0 0
[Cu(L)(Cl)]·C2H5OH (1) 98.9 41.3 2.0
[Cu(L)2]·H2O (2) 99.9 96.0 5.0
[Cu(L)(Br)]·H2O (3) 98.8 35.5 0
[Cu(L)(NO3)]·2CH3CH2OH (4) 96.8 45.8 4.0
[VO2 (L)]·2H2O (5) 4.0 0 0
[Ni(L)2]·H2O (6) 5.7 0 0
CuCl2·2H2O 0 0 0
(VO)SO4·2H2O 0 0 0
NiCl2·6H2O 0 0 0
*

SEM < ±4% of a single experiment in triplicate.