Platinum, palladium, gold and ruthenium complexes as anticancer agents: Current clinical uses, cytotoxicity studies and future perspectives

T Lazarević, A Rilak, ŽD Bugarčić - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Metallodrugs offer potential for unique mechanism of drug action based on the choice of the
metal, its oxidation state, the types and number of coordinated ligands and the coordination …

Metal complexes in cancer therapy–an update from drug design perspective

U Ndagi, N Mhlongo, ME Soliman - Drug design, development and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the past, metal-based compounds were widely used in the treatment of disease
conditions, but the lack of clear distinction between the therapeutic and toxic doses was a …

Next-generation anticancer metallodrugs

S Komeda, A Casini - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
More than 99% of currently approved clinical drugs are organic compounds. In contrast, the
percentage of metal-containing drugs (metallodrugs) is very low. In cancer chemotherapy …

Bioactivity and development of small non-platinum metal-based chemotherapeutics

MG Ferraro, M Piccolo, G Misso, R Santamaria, C Irace - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Countless expectations converge in the multidisciplinary endeavour for the search and
development of effective and safe drugs in fighting cancer. Although they still embody a …

Metallo-drugs in cancer therapy: Past, present and future

RL Lucaciu, AC Hangan, B Sevastre, LS Oprean - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer treatments which include conventional chemotherapy have not proven very
successful in curing human malignancies. The failures of these treatment modalities include …

Coordination compounds in cancer: Past, present and perspectives

F Trudu, F Amato, P Vaňhara, T Pivetta… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
Metal-based coordination compounds have been used throughout the history of human
medicine to treat various diseases, including cancer. Since the discovery of cisplatin in …

Towards the rational design of platinum (II) and gold (III) complexes as antitumour agents

X Wang, Z Guo - Dalton Transactions, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal complexes afford an opportunity for the discovery of new antitumour drugs with truly
novel mechanisms of action. Various tactics and some new concepts have been employed …

[HTML][HTML] A review on metal complexes and its anti-cancer activities: Recent updates from in vivo studies

S Adhikari, P Nath, A Das, A Datta, N Baildya… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Research into cancer therapeutics has uncovered various potential medications based on
metal-containing scaffolds after the discovery and clinical applications of cisplatin as an anti …

New trends in platinum and palladium complexes as antineoplastic agents

M Fanelli, M Formica, V Fusi, L Giorgi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of cisplatin (cis-Pt (NH 3) 2 Cl 2) as an antineoplastic agent has focussed
attention on the rational design of metal complexes that can be potentially used in cancer …

Metal-based anticancer chemotherapeutic agents

N Muhammad, Z Guo - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Rational design of Pt IV prodrugs to reduce toxicity and resistance of clinical Pt II
drugs.•Conjugation of targeting or imaging agents to Pt IV centers.•Multinuclear Pt II …