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Table 1 Antiproliferative activities of the plant extracts and sinapinic acid on human cancer cell lines

From: Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitory and antiproliferative activities of phenolic-rich extracts derived from the rhizome of Hydnophytum formicarum Jack.: sinapinic acid acts as HDAC inhibitor

Extracts/Compounds

Molecular weight (Dalton)

Structure

IC50valuesa(mean ± SD; n= 3; mg/mL for the plant extracts; mM for the compounds)

Vero cellsb

HeLa cells

HT29 cells

HCT116 cells

MCF-7 cells

Jurkat cells

24 h

48 h

72 h

24 h

48 h

72 h

24 h

48 h

72 h

24 h

48 h

72 h

24 h

48 h

72 h

24 h

48 h

72 h

Ethanolic extract

-

-

>3

>3

>3

>3

2.6 ± 0.02

0.5 ± 0.03

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

Phenolic-rich extract

-

-

>3

>3

>3

2.20 ± 0.03

1.72 ± 0.03

0.3 ± 0.05

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

Sinapinic acidc

224.21

>3

>3

>3

2.35 ± 0.03

2.04 ± 0.06

0.9 ± 0.02

2.97 ± 0.05

2.2 ± 0.03

1.6 ± 0.02

>3

2.2 ± 0.15

2.1 ± 0.06

>3

>3

>3

>3

>3

2.8 ± 0.12

Sodium butyrated

110.09

>3

>3

>3

2.63 ± 0.06

2.22 ± 0.13

1.2 ± 0.03

>3

>3

2.57 ± 0.03

>3

2.2 ± 0.20

2.0 ± 0.05

>3

>3

>3

>3

2.36 ± 0.19

1.5 ± 0.30

  1. aIC50 values represent concentrations of the indicated extracts/compounds that inhibit 50% of cell proliferation.
  2. bA non cancer cell line.
  3. cThe chemical structure of its prototype, a cinnamic acid, is shown here. .
  4. dA well known HDAC inhibitor.