Toxicity of Volatile Methylated Species of Bismuth, Arsenic, Tin, and Mercury in Mammalian Cells In Vitro

Table 3

Comparison of toxicity of volatile to nonvolatile species (exposure time: 1 h; n.t.: not tested).

Volatile compound	Cell type	LC50 𝜇mol/Lgv	Nonvolatile compound	Cell type	LC50 𝜇mol/Llv	Literature
Me4Sn	CHO	n.ct. (up to 400 μM)	Me3SnCl	CHO	n.ct. (up to 5 mM)	[20]
Me2AsI	CHO	11.2	Me2AsOH	CHO	10	[19]
Me2AsI	HepG2	10.8	Me2AsOH	HepG2	18	[22]
Me3As	CHO	450	Me3AsO	CHO	n.ct. (up to 500 μM)	[19]
Me3As	HepG2	85.9	Me3AsO	HepG2	n.ct. (up to 5000 μM)	[22]
Me3Bi	HepG2	194	MeBi(III)	HepG2	350	[23]
Me2Hg	CHO	10.8	MeHgCl	CHO	n.t.