Compound   | 
        GI50(m mol L-1 )  
          | 
       
      
           | 
        MCF-7   | 
        NCI-H460   | 
        SF-268   | 
       
      
        3a   | 
        30 ± 0.6   | 
        17.3 ± 1.4   | 
        22.3 ±1.5   | 
       
      
        3b   | 
        20 ± 0.4   | 
        24.3 ± 0.8   | 
        32 ± 0.8   | 
       
      
        5   | 
        70.6 ± 16.9   | 
        38.9 ± 10.8   | 
        50.8 ± 8.6   | 
       
      
        6   | 
        40.6 ± 12.2   | 
        32.6 ± 8.6   | 
        60.4 ± 14.8   | 
       
      
        7   | 
        0.4 ± 0.2   | 
        0.1 ± 0.08   | 
        0.9 ± 0.08   | 
       
      
        9   | 
        11.8 ±    0.6   | 
        14.5 ± 0.8   | 
        16.7 ± 1.6   | 
       
      
        12   | 
        72.7 ± 17.5   | 
        40.2 ± 12.8   | 
        50.0 ± 9.01   | 
       
      
        14   | 
        50.1 ± 0.7   | 
        23.2 ± 4.8   | 
        18.4 ± 1.8   | 
       
      
        17a   | 
        22.0 ± 0.2   | 
        30.6 ± 1.4   | 
        38.4 ± 0.6   | 
       
      
        17b   | 
        38.0 ± 1.8   | 
        44.0 ± 0.8   | 
        20.5 ± 1.1   | 
       
      
        19a   | 
        20.0 ± 0.6   | 
        22.0 ± 0.4   | 
        31.5 ± 8.0   | 
       
      
        19b   | 
        0.01 ± 0.006   | 
        0.04 ± 0.002   | 
        0.03 ± 0.005   | 
       
      
        21   | 
        70.9 ± 0.9   | 
        43.6 ± 1.8   | 
        56.8 ± 0.8   | 
       
      
        22   | 
        0.02 ± 0.009   | 
        0.06 ± 0.008   | 
        0.08 ± 0.001   | 
       
      
        Doxorubicin   | 
        0.04 ± 0.008   | 
        0.09 ± 0.008   | 
        0.09 ± 0.007   | 
       
      | 
  
  
    | Results are given in concentrations that were able to cause 50 % of cell growth
inhibition (GI50) after a continuous exposure of 48 h and show means ± SEM of
three-independent experiments performed in duplicate. | 
  
  
    | Table 1: Effect of compounds 3a-21b on the growth of three human tumor cell
lines. |