Research Article

Synthesis and In Vitro Antitumor Activity of Two Mixed-Ligand Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes of Schiff Base and Phenanthroline

Table 2

Comparison of IC50 values obtained from the MTT assay on BEL-7402, HUH-7, and HepG2 hepatoma cell lines after treated for 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h using the complexes 1 and 2.

Cell line SubjectIC50 values obtained from the MTT assay (μM)
24 h48 h72 h

BEL-74021294.30 ± 95.7430.80 ± 13.050.51 ± 0.21
2166.32 ± 20.4817.02 ± 3.690.90 ± 0.13

HUH-71 69.91 ± 11.082.87 ± 0.233.12 ± 0.39
279.16 ± 25.18 1.98 ± 0.720.28 ± 0.09

HepG2112.21 ± 1.091.81 ± 0.385.02 ± 0.14
2 4.32 ± 0.98 1.33 ± 0.37 1.71 ± 0.10

Data are the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. < 0.05; < 0.01. versus the control, the difference was significant. versus the control, the difference was markedly significant.