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. 2019 May 15;53(2):139–149. doi: 10.1007/s11094-019-01968-3

Table 2.

Cytotoxicity and Antiviral Activity of Thiosemicarbazides (I and II) and thiosemicarbazones (Ia – Ig and IIa – IIg) in HEL, HeLa and Vero Cell Cultures

Compound HEL cell culture HeLa cell culture Vero cell culture
MCCa) (μg/mL) EC50b) (μg/mL) MCCa) (μg/mL) EC50b) (μg/mL) MCCa) (μg/mL) EC50b) (μg/mL)
Herpes simpex virus-1 (KOS) Herpes simplex virus-2 (G) Vaccina virus Vesicular stomatitis virus Herpes simplex virus-1 TK KOS ACVr Vesicular stomatitis virus Coxsackie virus B4 Respiratory syncytical virus Para influenza-3 virus Reo virus-1 Sindbis virus Coxsackie virus B4 Punta Toro virus
I >100 >100 >100 50 >100 >100 ≥100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
Ia >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 ≥100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
Ib 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
Ic >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
Id >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
Ie >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 ≥100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
If >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 ≥100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
Ig >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 ≥20 >20 >20 >20 >20 >4 >4 >4 3 >4
II >100 >100 >100 45 >100 100 100 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
IIa 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
IIb >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
IIc >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
IId 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 >100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
IIe 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 >100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
IIf >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
IIg 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 ≥100 >100 >100 >100 100 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
Brivudin (μM) >250 0.04 100 10 >250 100
Cidofovir (μM) >250 2 2 29 >250 2
Acyclovir (μM) >250 0.4 0.2 >250 >250 112
Ganciclovir (μM) >100 0.03 0.06 >100 >100 10
DS-5000c) >100 2 34 0.6 >100 >100 >100 100 9 100
(S)-DHPAd) (μM) >250 >250 >250 >250 >250 >250 >250 >250 >250 >250
Ribavirin (μM) >250 5 112 10 >250 112 >250 >250 >250 146

a) Required to cause a microscopically detectable alteration of normal cell morphology.

b) Required to reduce virus-induced cytopathogenicity by 50%.

c) DS-5000: dextran sulfate (molecular weight, 5.000).

d) (S)-DHPA: (S)-9-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)adenine.