Research Article

Synthesis and Biological Screening of New 4-Hydroxycoumarin Derivatives and Their Palladium(II) Complexes

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In vitro cytotoxicity assay. Healthy fibroblasts (MRC-5) and three different carcinoma cell lines (HCT 116, A375, and MIA PaCa-2) were exposed to DMSO as a negative control, AHC as a starting coumarin compound, its derivates L1 and L2, and the corresponding palladium(II) complexes C1 and C2. Relative cells’ viability was calculated as a percentage of DMSO treated cell viability that was set as 100%. Data are presented as the (standard error mean) of at least three independent experiments performed in 3-plicates for each concentration. Mean values of relative cell viability were compared with Student’s -test, and values are presented as , , and . Each color corresponds to a bar presented on the histogram.