Toward multi-targeted platinum and ruthenium drugs—a new paradigm in cancer drug treatment regimens?

RG Kenny, CJ Marmion - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
While medicinal inorganic chemistry has been practised for over 5000 years, it was not until
the late 1800s when Alfred Werner published his ground-breaking research on coordination …

The diverse mechanisms and anticancer potential of naphthoquinones

CE Pereyra, RF Dantas, SB Ferreira, LP Gomes… - Cancer Cell …, 2019 - Springer
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death around the world and although the different
clinical approaches have helped to increase survival rates, incidence is still high and so its …

Naphthoquinones and derivatives as potential anticancer agents: An updated review

MM Rahman, MR Islam, S Akash, S Shohag… - Chemico-Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the leading global causes of death is cancer; even though several treatment methods
have improved survival rates, the incidence and fatality rates remain high. Naphthoquinones …

1, 4-Naphthoquinones: some biological properties and application

D Aminin, S Polonik - Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Over the past decade, a number of new 1, 4-naphthoquinones have been isolated from
natural sources and new 1, 4-naphthoquinones with diverse structural features have been …

Design concepts of half-sandwich organoruthenium anticancer agents based on bidentate bioactive ligands

WDJ Tremlett, DM Goodman, TR Steel, S Kumar… - Coordination chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The small molecule anticancer agent cisplatin and its Pt (II) analogs carboplatin and
oxaliplatin are widely used to treat a variety of tumorigenic diseases. Despite their structural …

Fungal pigments: Potential coloring compounds for wide ranging applications in textile dyeing

CK Venil, P Velmurugan, L Dufossé, P Renuka Devi… - Journal of fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Synthetic pigments/non-renewable coloring sources used normally in the textile industry
release toxic substances into the environment, causing perilous ecological challenges. To …

Podophyllotoxin derivatives as an excellent anticancer aspirant for future chemotherapy: a key current imminent needs

X Zhang, KP Rakesh, CS Shantharam… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the leading groups of threatened caused by abnormal state cell growth and
second leading diseases involved in the major global death. To treat this, research looking …

Norcyanine-carbamates are versatile near-infrared fluorogenic probes

SM Usama, F Inagaki, H Kobayashi… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fluorogenic probes in the near-infrared (NIR) region have the potential to provide stimuli-
dependent information in living organisms. Here, we describe a new class of fluorogenic …

Plant secondary metabolites: an introduction of their chemistry and biological significance with physicochemical aspect

A Sharma, S Sharma, A Kumar, V Kumar… - … -chemical properties and …, 2022 - Springer
Nature is the immense source of chemical compounds or substances usually acknowledged
as natural products. Plants are the considerable source of an inestimable diversity of natural …

Naphthoquinones: A continuing source for discovery of therapeutic antineoplastic agents

HY Qiu, PF Wang, HY Lin, CY Tang… - Chemical biology & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Naturally occurring naphthoquinones, usually in forms of botanical extracts, have been
implicated with human life since ancient time, far earlier than their isolation and identification …