Table 1 Cytotoxic activity of tetrahydroquinoline derivatives against various cancer and normal cells presented as an IC50value referring to the concentration that inhibits 50% of cell growth.

From: Tetrahydroquinolinone derivatives exert antiproliferative effect on lung cancer cells through apoptosis induction

Compound

Cell lines

HCT-116

A549

MCF-7

HepG2

Hela

HEK293

IC50 (µM)

5

13.10 ± 0.96

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

4a

12.18 ± 1.61****

11.33 ± 0.67****

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

49.01 ± 2.21

6

15.61 ± 1.29

40.18 ± 0.94

 > 50

 > 50

50

 > 50

4b

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

4c

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

4d

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

4e

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

 > 50

5-FU

5.78 ± 0.38****

8.12 ± 1.01***

8.41 ± 0.98**

13.12 ± 0.32*

11.09 ± 1.53*

16.82 ± 0.34

ETP

0.39 ± 0.01ns

0.54 ± 0.21ns

0.83 ± 0.15ns

5.01 ± 0.22ns

3.40 ± 0.51ns

1.91 ± 0.97

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (µM) of n = 3 independent experiments. ****p < 0.00001 in comparison to IC50 for HEK293 (Student’s t-test).