New Platinum and Ruthenium Complexes - the Latest Class of Potential Chemotherapeutic Drugs - a Review of Recent Developments in the Field

Title: New Platinum and Ruthenium Complexes - the Latest Class of Potential Chemotherapeutic Drugs - a Review of Recent Developments in the Field

Volume: 9 Issue: 13

Author(s): Amr Amin and Michael A. Buratovich

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Keywords: Cisplatin, BBR3464, picoplatin, satraplatin, lipoplatin, NAMI-A, KP1019, RAPTA, cancer, chemotherapeutics

Abstract: New Platinum and Ruthenium complexes display antitumour and antimetastatic potentials and lower host toxicities. This mini-review examines some the more recent developments in this field, and explores their interactions with biologically-relevant species. The article also refers to more recent work in the area of molybdenum and copper(II) chemistry.

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Amin Amr and Buratovich A. Michael, New Platinum and Ruthenium Complexes - the Latest Class of Potential Chemotherapeutic Drugs - a Review of Recent Developments in the Field, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2009; 9 (13) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955709790361566