Small molecules as cancer targeting ligands: Shifting the paradigm

N Kaur, P Popli, N Tiwary, R Swami - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional chemotherapeutics exploration is hampered due to their nonspecific
distribution leading to unintended serious toxicity. Toxicity is so severe that deciding to go for …

Chitosan–Biotin-Conjugated PH-Responsive Ru (II) Glucose Nanogel: A Dual Pathway of Targeting Cancer Cells and Self-Drug Delivery

Pragti, BK Kundu, S Singh… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The current study paves the way for improved chemotherapy by creating pH-responsive
nanogels (NGs)(GC1 and GC2) loaded with synthetic ruthenium (II) arene complexes to …

The immunomodulatory effects of vitamins in cancer

C Munteanu, SM Mârza, I Papuc - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Nutrition may affect animal health due to the strong link between them. Also, diets improve
the healing process in various disease states. Cancer is a disease, where the harmful …

Pyrene-based fluorescent Ru (ii)-arene complexes for significant biological applications: catalytic potential, DNA/protein binding, two photon cell imaging and in vitro …

BK Kundu, SN Upadhyay, N Sinha, R Ganguly… - Dalton …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ruthenium complexes are being studied extensively as anticancer drugs following the
inclusion of NAMI-A and KP1019 in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of metastatic …

Spectroscopic study and molecular simulation: Bovine serum albumin binding with anticancer Pt complex of amyl dithiocarbamate ligand

ZA Shiraz, N Sohrabi, ME Moghadam, M Oftadeh - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Until now, many methods have been proposed to treat cancer, such as radiation therapy and
drug therapy, but none of them have caused a complete cure for cancer. Heavy metal …

A Novel Ibuprofen Derivative and Its Complexes: Physicochemical Characterization, DFT Modeling, Docking, In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory Studies, and DNA Interaction

AM Abbas, A Aboelmagd, SM Kishk, HH Nasrallah… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
A novel derivative of ibuprofen and salicylaldehyde N′-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)-2-(4-
isobutylphenyl) propane hydrazide (HL) was synthesized, followed by its complexation with …

Nanoconstructs for theranostic application in cancer: Challenges and strategies to enhance the delivery

S Mishra, T Bhatt, H Kumar, R Jain, S Shilpi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nanoconstructs are made up of nanoparticles and ligands, which can deliver the loaded
cargo at the desired site of action. Various nanoparticulate platforms have been utilized for …

A new chitosan-based thermosensitive nanoplatform for combined photothermal and chemotherapy

Y Zhang, GR Williams, J Lou, W Li, C Bai… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeting the delivery of anti-cancer drugs to a tumor site is essential for effective treatment
and to ensure minimal damage to healthy cells and tissues. In this work, a chitosan-based …

Studies on anticancer properties with varying co-ligands in a Ru (II) arene benzimidazole system

S Nayek, S Singh, A Sonawane, I Grabchev… - Dalton …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently in the field of chemotherapeutics, to combat the side effects of cisplatin, ruthenium
complexes have been investigated extensively. In this work, a bidentate benzimidazole …

Exploring the antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and biothermodynamic properties of novel morpholine derivative bioactive Mn (ii), Co (ii) and Ni (ii) complexes …

K Sakthikumar, BK Isamura, RWM Krause - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel class of bioactive complexes (1–3)[MII (L) 2 (bpy)], where, L= 2-(4-
morpholinobenzylideneamino) phenol, bpy= 2, 2′-bipyridine, MII= Mn (1), Co (2) or Ni (3) …