Organometallic anti-tumor agents: targeting from biomolecules to dynamic bioprocesses

K Peng, Y Zheng, W Xia, ZW Mao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The great clinical success of cisplatin and its derivatives has convinced people that metal
complexes could play a more significant role in human cancer therapy. However, targeting …

Metallodrugs are unique: Opportunities and challenges of discovery and development

EJ Anthony, EM Bolitho, HE Bridgewater… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Ruthenium complexes as anticancer agents: A brief history and perspectives

SY Lee, CY Kim, TG Nam - Drug design, development and therapy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Platinum (Pt)-based anticancer drugs such as cisplatin have been used to treat various
cancers. However, they have some limitations including poor selectivity and toxicity towards …

The development of anticancer ruthenium (II) complexes: from single molecule compounds to nanomaterials

L Zeng, P Gupta, Y Chen, E Wang, L Ji… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is rapidly becoming the top killer in the world. Most of the FDA approved anticancer
drugs are organic molecules, while metallodrugs are very scarce. The advent of the first …

Heterocyclic Schiff base transition metal complexes in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy

MA Malik, OA Dar, P Gull, MY Wani, AA Hashmi - MedChemComm, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the number of people suffering from cancer and multidrug-resistant
infections has sharply increased, leaving humanity without any choice but to search for new …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress: an arising target for metal-based anticancer agents

AP King, JJ Wilson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has recently emerged as a promising target for anticancer
agents. Cytotoxic compounds that target the ER often exhibit selectivity for cancer cells over …

Redox‐active metal complexes for anticancer therapy

P Zhang, PJ Sadler - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The redox properties of both metals and ligands in transition metal complexes offer unusual
routes for new mechanisms of anticancer therapy. Metal complexes can introduce artificial …

Recent advances in Schiff base ruthenium metal complexes: synthesis and applications

A Singh, P Barman - Topics in Current Chemistry, 2021 - Springer
This review concentrates on recent developments in ruthenium Schiff bases, whose steric
and electronic characteristics can be manipulated easily by selecting suitable condensing …

Harnessing transition metal scaffolds for targeted antibacterial therapy

C Weng, YLK Tan, WG Koh… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial resistance, caused by persistent adaptation and growing resistance of
pathogenic bacteria to overprescribed antibiotics, poses one of the most serious and urgent …

Novel C, N-cyclometalated benzimidazole ruthenium (II) and iridium (III) complexes as antitumor and antiangiogenic agents: a structure–activity relationship study

J Yellol, SA Perez, A Buceta, G Yellol… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of novel C, N-cyclometalated benzimidazole ruthenium (II) and iridium (III)
complexes of the types [(η6-p-cymene) RuCl (κ2-N, CL)] and [(η5-C5Me5) IrCl (κ2-N …