Development of a novel highly anti-proliferative family of gold complexes: Au (i)-phosphonium-phosphines

B Rousselle, F Bouyer, J Bayardon, M Laly… - Dalton …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A family of gold (I)-phosphonium-phosphine complexes was synthesized thanks to an
efficient 5-step strategy, which involves a phospha-Fries rearrangement. It enables the facile …

Gold (III) derivatives in colon cancer treatment

A Gurba, P Taciak, M Sacharczuk… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Colorectal cancer
(CRC) is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in men and the second in women …

Replacement of the thiosugar of auranofin with iodide enhances the anticancer potency in a mouse model of ovarian cancer

T Marzo, L Massai, A Pratesi, M Stefanini… - ACS Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In recent years, a few successful attempts were made to repurpose the clinically approved
antiarthritic gold drug, Auranofin (AF), as an anticancer agent. The present study shows that …

Ex vivo toxicological evaluation of experimental anticancer gold(i) complexes with lansoprazole-type ligands

N Estrada-Ortiz, E Lopez-Gonzales, B Woods… - Toxicology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Gold-based compounds are of great interest in the field of medicinal chemistry as novel
therapeutic (anticancer) agents due to their peculiar reactivity and mechanisms of action …

Advances in alkynyl gold complexes for use as potential anticancer agents

Z Yang, G Jiang, Z Xu, S Zhao, W Liu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Gold-based anticancer agents have gained the widespread attention of medicinal inorganic
chemists due to their unique chemical properties and strong antiproliferative potency …

Amino acids and peptides as versatile ligands in the synthesis of antiproliferative gold complexes

TP Andrejević, BĐ Glišić, MI Djuran - Chemistry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gold complexes have been traditionally employed in medicine, and currently, some gold (I)
complexes, such as auranofin, are clinically used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. In …

Next generation gold drugs and probes: chemistry and biomedical applications

RT Mertens, S Gukathasan, AS Arojojoye… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The gold drugs, gold sodium thiomalate (Myocrisin), aurothioglucose (Solganal), and the
orally administered auranofin (Ridaura), are utilized in modern medicine for the treatment of …

Selected cytotoxic gold compounds cause significant inhibition of 20S proteasome catalytic activities

N Micale, T Schirmeister, R Ettari, MA Cinellu… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Six structurally diverse cytotoxic gold compounds are reported to cause profound and
differential inhibition of the three main catalytic activities of purified 20S proteasome whilst …

Gold (III) complexes with thiosemicarbazonate ligands as potential anticancer agents: Cytotoxicity and interactions with biomolecular targets

B Possato, LF Dalmolin, LM Pereira, JQ Alves… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gold (III) complexes have been studied for the past years due to their anticancer properties
and great affinity to biotargets, such as enzymes and proteins, which support their …

Chloro (triphenylphosphine) gold (I) a forefront reagent in gold chemistry as apoptotic agent for cancer cells

MP Chrysouli, CN Banti, N Kourkoumelis… - Journal of inorganic …, 2018 - Elsevier
The antiproliferative activity of the gold complex [Au (tpp) Cl](1)(tpp= triphenyphosphine)
against human breast adenocarcinoma cells (MCF-7) and normal human fetal lung …