Molecular barrels as potential hosts: from synthesis to applications

R Banerjee, D Chakraborty… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled discrete molecular architectures that show selective molecular recognition
within their internal cavities are highly desirable. Such hosts often show guest recognition …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes: A door open to supramolecular organometallic chemistry

S Ibáñez, M Poyatos, E Peris - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The field of metallosupramolecular chemistry is clearly dominated by the use of
O-, N-, and P-donor Werner-type polydentate ligands. These molecular architectures are of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments of supramolecular metal-based structures for applications in cancer therapy and imaging

A Pöthig, A Casini - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biomedical application of discrete supramolecular metal-based structures, including
supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs), is still an emergent field of study. However …

Recent studies on the antimicrobial activity of transition metal complexes of groups 6–12

S Nasiri Sovari, F Zobi - Chemistry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires
innovative solutions to counteract new resistance mechanisms emerging and spreading …

Gold (I) and Gold (III) N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes as Antibacterial Agents and Inhibitors of Bacterial Thioredoxin Reductase

R Büssing, B Karge, P Lippmann, PG Jones… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A series of (NHC) Au (I) Cl monocarbene complexes and their gold (III) analogues (NHC) Au
(III) Cl3 were prepared and investigated as antibacterial agents and inhibitors of bacterial …

Coinage Metal N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Recent Synthetic Strategies and Medicinal Applications

S Nayak, SL Gaonkar - ChemMedChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
New weapons are constantly needed in the fight against cancer. The discovery of cisplatin
as an anticancer drug prompted the search for new metal complexes. The successful history …

Organometallic pillarplexes that bind DNA 4-way Holliday junctions and forks

JS Craig, L Melidis, HD Williams… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Holliday 4-way junctions are key to important biological DNA processes (insertion,
recombination, and repair) and are dynamic structures that adopt either open or closed …

Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Caralluma tuberculata Extract and its Antibacterial Activity

Z Zarei, D Razmjoue, J Karimi - Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic …, 2020 - Springer
The plant extracts were applied for synthesis of Ag-nanoparticles and expected such
biological processes benefit from advantages like eco-friendly, cost-effective, and safe for …

Synthesis of alkyl/aryl linked binuclear silver (I)-N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes and evaluation of their antimicrobial, hemolytic and thrombolytic potential

A Habib, MA Iqbal, HN Bhatti, A Kamal… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new series of N-Heterocyclic carbene based ligands and their silver (I) complexes was
obtained and tested in vitro on three bacterial strains (Bacillus subtillis, Bacillus cereus and …

Metallo-drugs as promising antibacterial agents and their modes of action

F Nareetsile, JTP Matshwele, S Odisitse - 2022 - repository.biust.ac.bw
Antibiotic resistance has been a growing worldwide public health issue. The World Health
Organization (WHO) has stated that the search for new antibiotics is slow, while antibiotic …