Malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest parasitic diseases globally, and it still poses a
global health issue today because of the emergence of new strains resistant to the first-line …

The medical uses of gold have a long history; rheumatoid arthritis is currently treated with
gold-based drugs and there is increasing interest in the application of gold complexes as …

Interest in antimicrobial gold complexes originated from the work of Robert Koch at the end
of 19th century, who demonstrated that potassium dicyanidoaurate (I), K [Au (CN) 2], showed …

The emergence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites, responsible for malaria disease,
resistant to antiplasmodial drugs including the artemisinins, represents a major threat to …

Here, the anti-malarial activity of two gold (i) phosphine compounds auranofin and [Au
(d2pype) 2] Cl (where d2pype is 1, 2-bis (di-2-pyridylphosphino) ethane), were examined to …

A series of gold (I)-monophosphole complexes have been synthesized and characterized.
The introduction of a nitrogen moiety in the complex structure was envisioned either by …

A series of twenty five molecules, including imidazolium salts functionalized by N-, O-or S-
containing groups and their corresponding cationic, neutral or anionic gold (I) complexes …

In this contribution, we provide an overview of gold compound applications against viruses
or parasites during recent years. The special properties of gold have been the subject of …

Leishmaniasis is one of the most neglected diseases worldwide and is considered a serious
public health issue. The current therapeutic options have several disadvantages that make …

Whilst the application of gold in medicine is traceable for several thousand years and gold
drugs have been used clinically to treat rheumatoid arthritis since the last century, there has …