Table 1. IC50 values (μM) a of HClMQ, complex 1 and cisplatin towards selected cell lines.
| Compound | BEL-7404 | NCI-H460 | T-24 | Hep-G2 | A549 | HL-7702 |
| HClMQ | 70.25 ± 1.02 | 75.64 ± 2.01 | 79.36 ± 0.75 | 100.12 ± 0.45 | 115.12 ± 1.56 | 90.52 ± 0.36 |
| Fe(iii) complex 1 | 14.35 ± 0.97 | 7.06 ± 2.41 | 10.42 ± 0.83 | 5.04 ± 0.62 | 6.79 ± 1.74 | 40.18 ± 0.99 |
| FeCl3 | >150.0 | >100.0 | >200.0 | >150.0 | >100.0 | >150.0 |
| Cisplatin b | 15.02 ± 1.12 | 18.48 ± 1.95 | 20.64 ± 1.53 | 14.8 ± 1.11 | 15.77 ± 1.45 | 16.49 ± 1.02 |
aIC50 values are presented as mean ± SD (standard error of the mean) from five independent experiments.
bThe cisplatin solution was prepared by dissolving cisplatin at 1 mM in a water solution containing 0.154 M NaCl.54