Zinc complexes with nitrogen donor ligands as anticancer agents

M Porchia, M Pellei, F Del Bello, C Santini - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The search for anticancer metal-based drugs alternative to platinum derivatives could not
exclude zinc derivatives due to the importance of this metal for the correct functioning of the …

Advances in the biological studies of metal-terpyridine complexes: an overview from 2012 to 2022

R Abhijnakrishna, K Magesh, A Ayushi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The compound 2, 2′; 6, 2 ″terpyridine has attracted significant interest in the
fields of supramolecular chemistry, materials science, and coordination chemistry due to its …

Pyridine derivatives as biologically active precursors; organics and selected coordination complexes

E Khan - ChemistrySelect, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pyridine (py) is an important heterocyclic compound and is an integral part of various natural
products. There are various medicines containing py ring system being available in the …

Remarkably flexible 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridines and their group 8–10 transition metal complexes–Chemistry and applications

RR Panicker, A Sivaramakrishna - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this article is to focus on the diversity created by substitution on
pyridine rings of 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridines (tpy) allowing a fine-tuning of the ligand …

Terpyridine copper (II) complexes as potential anticancer agents by inhibiting cell proliferation, blocking the cell cycle and inducing apoptosis in BEL-7402 cells

YQ Gu, YJ Zhong, MQ Hu, HQ Li, K Yang, Q Dong… - Dalton …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Four mononuclear terpyridine complexes [Cu (H-La) Cl2]· CH3OH (1),[Cu (H-La) Cl] ClO4
(2),[Cu (H-Lb) Cl2]· CH3OH (3), and [Cu (H-Lb)(CH3OH)(DMSO)](ClO4) 2 (4) were prepared …

Novel bifluorescent Zn (II)–cryptolepine–cyclen complexes trigger apoptosis induced by nuclear and mitochondrial DNA damage in cisplatin-resistant lung tumor cells

ZF Wang, XF Zhou, QC Wei, QP Qin, JX Li… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Four novel bifluorescent Zn (II)–cryptolepine–cyclen complexes, namely [Zn (BQTC)] Cl 2
(Zn (BQTC)),[Zn (BQA)(Cur) Cl](Zn (BQACur)),[Zn (TC)] Cl 2 (Zn (TC)), and [Zn (AP)(Cur) …

Synthesis and anticancer mechanisms of zinc (II)-8-hydroxyquinoline complexes with 1, 10-phenanthroline ancillary ligands

LQ Du, TY Zhang, XM Huang, Y Xu, MX Tan… - Dalton …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Twenty new zinc (II) complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline (H-Q1–H-Q6) in the presence of 1,
10-phenanthroline derivatives (D1–D10) were synthesized and formulated as [Zn (Q1) 2 …

Progress in design and applications of supramolecular assembly of 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine-based first row d-block elements

BZ Momeni, N Davarzani, J Janczak, N Ma… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-Terpyridine (tpy)-based transition metal complexes have continued
to receive attention due to their outstanding features and promising industrial and …

Recent advances and therapeutic journey of Schiff base complexes with selected metals (Pt, Pd, Ag, Au) as potent anticancer agents: A review

S Khan, FA Alhumaydhi, MM Ibrahim… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Schiff bases and their transition metal complexes play an important role in the field of
medicine, in particular in the treatment of cancer. Since the discovery of the cisplatin …

Terpyridines as promising antitumor agents: An overview of their discovery and development

R Musiol, P Malecki, M Pacholczyk… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The fused aromatic system of terpyridines makes them good, innocent ligands
for various metals. The resulting complexes have been extensively studied for both their …