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. 2022 Oct 19;27(20):7042. doi: 10.3390/molecules27207042

Table 2.

Cytotoxic effect of genistein in HaCaT and SW620 cells.

Compound 24 h 48 h
IC50 (µM) IC50 (µM) SI IC50 (µM) IC50 (µM) SI
HaCat SW620 HaCat SW620
Genistein >740 667.17 ± 33.52 1.34 225.01 ± 7.06 152.60 ± 19.13 1.47
5-FU >962.10 >962.10 0.9 18.5 ± 3.44 139.57 ± 19.09 0.1

The Inhibitory Concentration 50 (IC50) was found using dose–response curves. The selectivity index (SI) was calculated using the formula SI = IC50 Non-malignant cells (HaCat)/IC50 Tumor cells (SW620).