Table 5: Influence of the ligand and chromium chelate on the viability of MCF-7, HepG-2, and HCT-116 cell lines.


Compound In vitro cytotoxicity IC50 (μg mL−1)

HepG-2 MCF-7 HCT-116

p-Chlorophenyl maleanilic acid (L) 123 95.2 60.4
Cr(CO)4L chelate 91.2 163 236