Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Anticancer, and Antimicrobial Properties of Some Metal(II) Complexes of (Substituted) Nitrophenol Schiff Base

Table 1

IC₅₀ values of the ligand and its Cu(II), Zn(II), Pd(II) complexes against MCF-7 and HT-29 cells.

Compounds	MCF-7 (μM)^a	HT-29 (μM)^a
HL	33.3±0.0	>100
[CuL2]	78.0±0.1	>100
[ZnL2]H2O	19.9±0.0	51.6±0.0
[Pd(L)2]0.25H2O	5.9±0.0	>100

^aResults are expressed as means (± error) of at least 2 independent experiments.