Table 2.
Antiproliferative activity of selected β-carbolines on human breast cancer cell lines.
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compound Number |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | MCF-7 IC50 (µM) |
MDA-MB-468 IC50 (µM) |
| 11 |
|
OCH3 | H | H | 0.26 | 0.08 |
| 34 |
|
|
H | H | 2.04 | 1.11 |
| 43 |
|
H | H | H | 1.42 | 0.80 |
| 45 |
|
OCF3 | H | H | 7.61 | 4.99 |
| 48 |
|
H | H | CH3 | 50.80 | 14.23 |