Red sea organisms Anticancer agent Cell line IC50  (μM) Reference
cyanobacteriumMoorea
  • Lyngbyatoxin A 
  • Aplysiatoxin
  • Debromoaplysiatoxin 
HeLa  HeLa  HeLa  0.0092 13.03 3.03 [161]
CyanobacteriumMooreaproducens
  • Apratoxin H
  • Apratoxin A sulfoxide
NCI-H460  NCI-H460  0.0034 0.0899 [162]
cyanobacteriumLeptolyngbya sp.
  • Grassypeptolides D
  • Grassypeptolides E
 HeLa  HeLa 0.335 0.192 [163]
Sinulariapolydactyla
  • 24-methylcholestane-3β,5α,6β,25-tetrol 25-monoacetate
  • Durumolide C
HepG2 HCT  HepG2 6.1  8.2 1.0 [164]
Laurenciaobtusa
  • Teuhetenone 
MCF-7 22  [165]
Sarcophytonglaucum
  • Sarcophinediol
  • Sarcotrocheliol acetate
HepG2 HepG2 18.8 ± 0.07  19.9 ± 0.02 [166]
  • Deoxosarcophine
  • Sarcotrocheliol acetate
  • Sarcotrocheliol
MCF-7 MCF-7 MCF-7 9.9 ± 0.03 2.4 ± 0.04 3.2 ± 0.02
  • 6-oxogermacra-4(15),8,11-triene
  • Sarcophinediol
  • Deoxosarcophine
HCT116  HCT116  HCT116  29.4 ± 0.03, 19.4 ± 0.02 25.8 ± 0.03
Sarcophytonglaucum
  • Sarcophytolol
  • Sarcophytolide C
  • Aromadendrene
HepG2 HepG2 HepG2 20 μM 20 μM 20 μM [167]    
  • Sarcophytolide B
  • Sarcophytolide C
MCF-7 MCF-7 25 ± 0.0164 29 ± 0.030
  • 10(14)aromadendrene
PC-3 9.3 ± 0.164
Sarcophytonauritum
  • Sarcophine
  • 2-epi-sarcophine
  • (+)-7a,8b dihydroxydeepoxysarcophine
  • (1R,2E,4S,6E,8R,11R,12R)-2, 6-cembradiene-4,8,11,12-tetrol
HepG2 HepG2 HepG2 HepG2 23 ± 0.12 20.6 ± 0.31 11 ± 0.22 21.1 ± 0.16 [168]
 
  • Sarcophine
  • 2-epi-sarcophine
  • (+)-7a,8b-dihydroxydeepoxysarcophine
  • (1R,2E,4S,6E,8R,11R,12R)-2, 6-cembradiene-4,8,11,12-tetrol
MCF-7 MCF-7 MCF-7 MCF-7 22.4 ± 0.22 19.7 ± 0.24 18.4 ± 0.16 20 ± 0.12
Petrosiasp.
  • (3_,7_,9_trihydroxycholest-5-en
  • (3,7-dimethyl-2-(methylamino)-3H-purin-6(7H)-one
  • (N-((3S,E)-1,3-dihydroxytetracos-4-en-2-yl)stearamide
MCF-7 MCF-7 MCF-7 153.0 ± 0.012 130.0 ± 0.017 23.0 ± 0.017 [169]
  • (3_,7_,9_trihydroxycholest-5-en
  • (3,7-dimethyl-2-(methylamino)-3H-purin-6(7H)-one
  • (N-((3S,E)-1,3-dihydroxytetracos-4-en-2-yl)stearamide
HepG2 HepG2 HepG2 230.0 ± 0.031 145.0 ± 0.120 20.0 ± 0.120
Sarcophytonglaucum
  • 7beta-Acetoxy-8alpha-hydroxydeepoxysarcophine
HepG2 HCT-116 HeLa 3.6 2.3 6.7 [170]  
Siphonochalinasiphonella
  • Neviotine-C
PC-3 A549 7.9 ± 0.120 8.9 ± 0.010 [171]  
Cnidarian Litophytonarboreum
  • Extract
U-937        6.5±2.3 [172]  
Sarcophytontrochliophorum
  • Extract
HeLa 5.2±1.2 [172]  
Hyrtios erectus
  • Hyrtioerectine A
-- moderately cytotoxic [173]  
Palythoatuberculosa
  • Palysterol G
MCF-7 Induce apoptosis [174]  
Siphonochalinasiphonella
  • Sipholenone A
MCF-7 HepG-2 3.0 2.8 [175]  
Callyspongiaaff. implexa
  • Gelliusterol E
  • Callimplexen A
  • β-sitosterol
chlamydial inclusions 2.3 [176]  
Sargassum sp.
  • Fucoxanthin
MCF-7 11.5 [177]  
Spheciospongiavagabunda
  • (R)-20-hydroxy-N-[(2S,3S,4R)-1,3,4-tri-hydroxypentacosan-2-yl] octadecanamide
  • (R,Z)-20-hydroxy-N-[(2S,3S,4R)-1,3,4-trihydroxytricosan-2-yl) non-adec-10-enamide
HepG2& MCF-7 HepG2& MCF-7 24.7& 6.8   21.3& 29.8l [178]  
Table 3: Red sea organisms based anticancer agent and its IC50 value against different cell lines.