The discovery of the medicinal properties of gold complexes has fuelled the design and
synthesis of new anticancer metallodrugs, which have received special attention due to their …

Abstract Ruthenium (II)-arene RAPTA-type compounds have been extensively explored for
their medicinal properties. Herein a comprehensive review of this class of compounds is …

The clinical success of platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents was of enormous impact
on the discovery of novel metal N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes as potential anti …

The discovery of cisplatin's antitumor activity in 1969 prompted the search for novel metal-
containing complexes as potential anticancer drugs. Among these novel complexes, metal N …

From wedding rings on fingers to stained glass windows, by way of Olympic medals, gold
has been highly prized for millennia. Nowadays, organometallic gold compounds occupy an …

Bioorganometallic chemistry is a rapidly developing area of research. In recent years
organometallic compounds have provided a rich platform for the design of effective catalysts …

A new series of gold (I) N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes based on xanthine ligands
have been synthesized and characterized by mass spectrometry, NMR, and X-ray diffraction …

Within the research field of antitumor metal-based agents alternative to platinum drugs, gold
(I/III) coordination complexes have always been in the forefront due mainly to the familiarity …

Gold (I) complexes with a 1, 3-diethylbenzimidazol-2-ylidene N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
ligand of the type NHC-Au-L (L=-Cl,-NHC, or-PPh3) were comparatively evaluated as …

Metal complexes are increasingly being used to inhibit enzymes. The reasons for this
increased interest arise from the special features that metal complexes offer, eg the facile …