Metals play vital roles in nutrients and medicines and provide chemical functionalities that
are not accessible to purely organic compounds. At least 10 metals are essential for human …

Numerous biologically active metal complexes are reported for their unique features and
enhanced functions, particularly towards the inhibition of cancer progression. With the …

Phosphorescent metal complexes are a new kind of multifunctional antitumor compounds
that can integrate imaging and antitumor functions in a single molecule. In this minireview …

Phosphorescent transition metal complexes have been intensively investigated, since these
luminophores are distinctively different from fluorescent chromophores in terms of the nature …

Abstract Nitroxyl radicals, illustrated by 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (TEMPO),
constitute a versatile class of stable free radicals that are extensively used in metal complex …

Recently, phosphorescent iridium complexes have demonstrated great potential as
anticancer and imaging agents. Dopamine is a melanin‐like mimic of mussel adhesive …

Nuclei and mitochondria are the only cellular organelles containing genes, which are
specific targets for efficient cancer therapy. So far, several photosensitizers have been …

Targeting apoptosis is a principal strategy in the design of anticancer drugs. In recent years,
non-platinum-based scaffolds have been exploited as viable candidates for the exploitation …

The generation of bio‐targetable photosensitizers is of utmost importance to the emerging
field of photodynamic therapy and antimicrobial (photo‐) therapy. A synthetic strategy is …

Monofunctional pyriplatin analogues cis-[Pt (NH3) 2 (L) Cl](NO3)(1–3) having boron-
dipyrromethene (BODIPY) pendants (L) with 1, 3, 5, 7-tetramethyl-8-(4-pyridyl)-4, 4 …