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. 2020 May 25;9(5):277. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9050277

Table 2.

Selectivity indices (SI) of compounds determined for S. aureus (MRSA) ATCC 43300 and C. neoformans var grubii H99 ATCC 208821, in relation to CC50 (concentration (μg/mL) of 50% cytotoxicity) against HEK293 and HC10 (concentration (μg/mL) of 10% haemolysis of human red blood cells).

Selectivity Index (SI)
Cmpd S. aureus (MRSA) C. neoformans
CC50/MIC HC10/MIC CC50/MIC HC10/MIC
1 3.0 1.0 23.8 7.8
2 12.4 1.8 >49.6 >7.2
3 0.4 >2 12.0 >64
4 0.5 0.2 >66.4 >22.4
5 0.2 0.4 2.9 5.6
6 0.6 1.0 1.1 2.0
7 N/A N/A > 8 >8
8 N/A ≤0.2 > 8 1.7
9 N/A N/A > 16 >16
10 N/A ≤0.1 > 8 1.2
11 ≤0.3 N/A > 43.2 >128
12 N/A N/A > 128 >128

N/A, selectivity index could not be calculated as the compound was inactive against the strain of interest or did not possess toxicity.