Research Letter

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 7-O-Modified Formononetin Derivatives

Table 1

Antiproliferative activity of the synthesized compounds.

CompoundsIC50 (μg/mL)
Jurkat1HepG-22

123.5273.03
2a 48.04>100.00
2b 0.214.14
2c 9.507.18
3a13.935.57
3b1.823.24
3c>100.002.67
3d3.708.14
3e12.217.15
3f 16.497.54
4a 0.416.14
4b 5.328.58
4c 16.4452.21
4d 18.085.90
4e 3.4957.82
5a 1.946.54
5b >100.007.52
5c 0.644.94
5d 1.271.49
5e 1.35×10-413.14
5f 7.1113.53

5-fluorouracil18.412.50

1Jurkat: Human T cell lymphoblast-like cell line.2HepG-2: Human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cell line.