Skip to main content
. 2017 Mar 14;22(3):453. doi: 10.3390/molecules22030453

Table 1.

IC50 values of melatonin and 2-hydroxymelatonin.

Viability (%) Caco2 HCT116 DLD1 CT26
M 2-OH-M M 2-OH-M M 2-OH-M M 2-OH-M
2000 μM 31.7 24.1 58.0 32.2 66.5 42.2 53.7 7.6
1000 μM 65.1 60.9 73.8 74.3 86.1 93.0 67.8 58.6
500 μM 83.3 71.2 85.4 91.5 98.0 93.6 89.1 91.3
250 μM 95.3 78.3 97.4 104.6 98.1 96.0 99.1 104.8
IC50 (μM) 1324.6 ± 69.18 1010.3 ± 28.0 2537.4 ± 311.4 1482.3 ± 67.4 3617.1 ± 594.3 2136.5 ± 84.8 1980.9 ± 14.8 1036.1 ± 25.7
p-value 0.014 0.029 0.043 <0.001

Data represent the mean value from three independent experiments. p-value was obtained between the M and 2-OH-M treated group of each cell. M: melatonin; 2-OH-M: 2-hydroxymelatonin.