Fig. 2

Synthetic musk ketone induced the growth repression and the apoptosis in cancer cell lines. Synthetic musk ketone inhibited the cell proliferation in Eplc-32M1 (a; lung squamous cell carcinoma) and XLA-07 (d; lung adenocarcinoma). Notably, synthetic musk ketone exerted significant effect at low concentration. Synthetic musk ketone induced the apoptosis in Eplc-32M1 (b, c) and XLA-07 (e, f), as shown by FCM assay. b and e were negative controls. Student’s t-test, p < 0.05