Table 7: Cytostatic activity of phthalates isolated from natural sources.

Cell Type and IC50 Value Phthalate Natural Source of the Phthalate Extracted Part of the Organism Reference
CHO (ATCC; CCL-61) IC50 = 36±8.6 μg/mL Di-n-butyl phthalate (5) Streptomyces albidoflavus broth extract N. Roy et al., 2006 [217]
CHO (ATCC; CCL-61) IC50 = 193±5.4 μg/mL Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (9) Streptomyces albidoflavus broth extract N. Roy et al., 2006 [217]
DU145 (ATCC; HTB-81) IC50 = 31.23±8.7 μg/mL Di-n-butyl phthalate (5) Streptomyces albidoflavus broth extract N. Roy et al., 2006 [217]
DU145 (ATCC; HTB-81) IC50 = 33.46±7.7 μg/mL Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (9) Streptomyces albidoflavus broth extract N. Roy et al., 2006 [217]
HEK293 (ATCC; CRL-
1573) IC50 = 19.77±10 μg/mL
Di-n-butyl phthalate (5) Streptomyces albidoflavus broth extract N. Roy et al., 2006 [217]
MCF-7 (ATCC; HTB-22) IC50 = 32.43±3.6 μg/mL Di-n-butyl phthalate (5) Streptomyces albidoflavus broth extract N. Roy et al., 2006 [217]
MCF-7 IC50 = 0.13 mM Di-n-octyl phthalate (20) Pachygone ovata (Poir.) Miers L.E. Amalarasi and G.J. Jothi, 2019 [150]
MCF-7 (ATCC; HTB-22) IC50 = 46.55±0.1 μg/ml Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (9) Streptomyces albidoflavus broth extract N. Roy et al., 2006 [217]
MCF-7 IC50 = 69.2 μM Bis(2-methylheptyl) phthalate (36) Phyllanthus pulcher G. Bagalkotkar, 2007 [177]
Toxicity against brine shrimp Artemia salina larvae LC50 = 2800 μg/mL Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (9) Streptomyces ruber EKH2 broth extract K.M. Barakat and E.A. Beltagy, 2015 [305]