Compound Cytotoxicity (%)a
RAW 264.7 VERO
10 μM 100 μM 10 μM 100 μM
2 36.9 ± 2.6 43.6 ± 3.9 16.4 ± 1.2 46.5 ± 3.9
3 1.4 ± 0.1 24.2 ± 2.4 4.7 ± 0.3 19.0 ± 1.7
4 58.2 ± 4.4 95.1 ± 7.8 15.5 ± 1.4 35.9 ± 2.9
5 73.2 ± 5.9 90.9 ± 8.3 25.7 ± 2.4 91.8 ± 8.8
Nifurtimox NA NA NA NA
All the experiments were carried out in triplicate, and the data represent the mean values (± S.D.)
NA inactive at concentration tested
aResults are reported as the percentage of non-viable VERO or RAW 264.7 cells regarding the control.
Table 3: Cytotoxicity of compounds 2-5 and Nifurtimox against RAW 264.7 mouse macrophage cells and VERO cells.