Violacein: Properties and Production of a Versatile Bacterial Pigment

Table 3

List of cell lines tested against violacein.

Cell line	Cell type	Organism	Notes	Reference
V79	Fibroblast-like cell line from lung tissue	Chinese Hamster		[28]
FRhK-4	Fetal kidney	Monkey		[29]
Vero	Kidney	Monkey		[29]
MA104	Kidney epithelial cells	Monkey		[29]
Hep2	Hela-derived	Human		[29]
92.1	Uveal melanoma	Human		[30]
OCM-1	Choroidal melanoma	Human		[30]
NCI-H460	Non-small-cell lung cancer	Human		[28]
KM12	Colon cancer	Human		[28]
Caco-2	Heterogeneous epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma	Human		[31, 32]
HT29	Colorectal adenocarcinoma	Human		[31]
HCT116	Colorectal adenocarcinoma	Human		[32]
SW480	Colorectal adenocarcinoma	Human		[32]
DLD1	Colorectal adenocarcinoma	Human		[32]
TF1	Erythroleukemia	Human		[33]
K562	Lymphoma	Human	N/C^a	[34]
U937	Chronic myelogenic leukemia	Human	N/C^a	[34]
HL60	Promyelocytic leukemia	Human		[34]
MOLT-4	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Human		[28]
EAT	Ehrlich ascites tumor	Mouse	In  vivo	[35]

No cytotoxicity observed.
^bBoth in  vitro and in  vivo tests were performed.