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. 2020 Jan 2;117(3):1321–1329. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915202117

Table 1.

In vitro cytotoxicity of gold(III) and zinc(II) porphyrin complexes and cisplatin on human cancerous and normal cell lines

IC50 values, μM; 72 h
Complex A2780 (ovarian cancer) A2780cis (ovarian cancer, cisplatin-resistant) NCI-H460 (lung cancer) MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer) HepG2 (liver cancer) HCT116 (colon cancer) NCM460 (colon epithelial) CCD-19Lu (lung fibroblast)
AuMesoIX 0.06 ± 0.01 0.1 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.02 0.4 ± 0.02 0.8 ± 0.06 0.06 ± 0.01 1.5 ± 0.15 0.7 ± 0.04
AuTPP 0.2 ± 0.02 0.1 ± 0.01 0.2 ± 0.03 0.5 ± 0.03 0.3 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.02 0.4 ± 0.03 0.4 ± 0.04
AuOEP 0.3 ± 0.03 0.3 ± 0.03 0.2 ± 0.04 0.7 ± 0.05 0.5 ± 0.04 0.3 ± 0.02 1.4 ± 0.12 0.5 ± 0.03
ZnMesoIX 32.3 ± 6.9 >100 15.5 ± 1.4 84.3 ± 9.6 >100 10.2 ± 1.2 >100 >100
ZnTPP >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
ZnOEP >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
Cisplatin 0.7 ± 0.1 26.2 ± 1.9 3.7 ± 0.7 35.5 ± 1.5 22.3 ± 3.2 10.1 ± 2.2 93.8 ± 8.9 30.8 ± 4.9