Structure–activity relationships for ruthenium and osmium anticancer agents–towards clinical development

SM Meier-Menches, C Gerner, W Berger… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Anticancer metallodrugs based on ruthenium and osmium are among the most investigated
and advanced non-platinum metallodrugs. Inorganic drug discovery with these agents has …

Anticancer activity of complexes of the third row transition metals, rhenium, osmium, and iridium

CC Konkankit, SC Marker, KM Knopf, JJ Wilson - Dalton Transactions, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The clinical success of the platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents has prompted the
investigation of coordination and organometallic complexes of alternative metal centers for …

Bioactivity and development of small non-platinum metal-based chemotherapeutics

MG Ferraro, M Piccolo, G Misso, R Santamaria, C Irace - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Countless expectations converge in the multidisciplinary endeavour for the search and
development of effective and safe drugs in fighting cancer. Although they still embody a …

A mini review of novel topoisomerase II inhibitors as future anticancer agents

CO Okoro, TH Fatoki - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Several reviews of inhibitors of topoisomerase II have been published, covering research
before 2018. Therefore, this review is focused primarily on more recent publications with …

Highly cytotoxic osmium (II) compounds and their ruthenium (II) analogues targeting ovarian carcinoma cell lines and evading cisplatin resistance mechanisms

J Hildebrandt, N Häfner, D Kritsch, H Görls… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Ruthenium and osmium complexes attract increasing interest as next
generation anticancer drugs. Focusing on structure-activity-relationships of this class of …

Binding mechanisms of half-sandwich Rh (III) and Ru (II) arene complexes on human serum albumin: A comparative study

O Dömötör, ÉA Enyedy - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2019 - Springer
Various half-sandwich ruthenium (II) arene complexes and rhodium (III) arene complexes
have been intensively investigated due to their prominent anticancer activity. The interaction …

Anticancer half-sandwich rhodium (III) complexes

K Máliková, L Masaryk, P Štarha - Inorganics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Platinum-based anticancer drugs are most likely the most successful group of bioinorganic
compounds. Their apparent disadvantages have led to the development of anticancer …

Exploring the effect of polypyridyl ligands on the anticancer activity of phosphorescent iridium (III) complexes: From proteosynthesis inhibitors to photodynamic therapy …

J Pracharova, G Vigueras… - … A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A series of five kinetically inert bis‐cyclometalated IrIII complexes of general formula [Ir (C^
N) 2 (N^ N)][PF6][C^ N= 2‐phenyl‐1‐[4‐(trifluoromethyl) benzyl]‐1H‐benzo [d] imidazol‐κN …

Overview of the New Bioactive Heterocycles as Targeting Topoisomerase Inhibitors Useful Against Colon Cancer

MB Santos… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer globally, with high mortality.
Metastatic CRC is incurable in most cases, and multiple drug therapy can increase patients' …

Synthesis and in vivo anticancer evaluation of poly (organo) phosphazene-based metallodrug conjugates

CM Hackl, B Schoenhacker-Alte, MHM Klose… - Dalton …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Within this work we aimed to improve the pharmacodynamics and toxicity profile of
organoruthenium and-rhodium complexes which had previously been found to be highly …