[HTML][HTML] Biological effects of quinolones: a family of broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents

AR Millanao, AY Mora, NA Villagra, SA Bucarey… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Broad antibacterial spectrum, high oral bioavailability and excellent tissue penetration
combined with safety and few, yet rare, unwanted effects, have made the quinolones class of …

Advances in copper complexes as anticancer agents

C Santini, M Pellei, V Gandin, M Porchia… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Medicinal inorganic chemistry offers additional opportunities for the design of therapeutic
agents not accessible to organic compounds. 1− 3 The wide range of coordination numbers …

[HTML][HTML] Metal complexes of quinolone antibiotics and their applications: an update

V Uivarosi - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Quinolones are synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotics with good oral absorption and excellent
bioavailability. Due to the chemical functions found on their nucleus (a carboxylic acid …

[HTML][HTML] Repositioning of fluoroquinolones from antibiotic to anti-cancer agents: An underestimated truth

V Yadav, P Talwar - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasing development costs and higher failure rate in clinical trials has reduced the
repertoire of newer drugs in the market for clinical use. The most appropriate approach to …

Fe (III), Ni (II), and Cu (II)-moxifloxacin-tri-substituted imidazole mixed ligand complexes: Synthesis, structural, DFT, biological, and protein-binding analysis

HM Abd El-Lateef, MM Khalaf, FET Heakal… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, three new mixed-ligand complexes were synthesized through the reaction of Fe (III),
Ni (II) and Cu (II) with moxifloxacin (MOX) in the presence of tri-substituted imidazole (TSI) to …

[HTML][HTML] Modifications of quinolones and fluoroquinolones: hybrid compounds and dual-action molecules

J Fedorowicz, J Sączewski - Monatshefte für Chemie-Chemical Monthly, 2018 - Springer
This review is aimed to provide extensive survey of quinolones and fluoroquinolones for a
variety of applications ranging from metal complexes and nanoparticle development to …

Mixed ligand μ-phenoxo-bridged dinuclear copper (II) complexes with diimine co-ligands: efficient chemical nuclease and protease activities and cytotoxicity

R Loganathan, S Ramakrishnan, E Suresh… - Dalton …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The water soluble mixed ligand copper (II) complexes of the type [Cu (sal)(diimine)(ClO4)]
21–5, where sal is salicylaldehyde and diimine is 2, 2′-bipyridine (bpy, 1), 1, 10 …

DNA and protein binding, double-strand DNA cleavage and cytotoxicity of mixed ligand copper (II) complexes of the antibacterial drug nalidixic acid

R Loganathan, M Ganeshpandian… - Journal of inorganic …, 2017 - Elsevier
The water soluble mixed ligand complexes [Cu (nal)(diimine)(H 2 O)](ClO 4) 1–4, where H
(nal) is nalidixic acid and diimine is 2, 2′-bipyridine (1), 1, 10-phenanthroline (2), 5, 6 …

Insights on fluoroquinolones in cancer therapy: Chemistry and recent developments

PC Sharma, R Goyal, A Sharma, D Sharma… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is a very risky life-threatening disease having most formidable afflictions in the world.
Several anticancer agents are commercially accessible, however, the emergence of …

Development of copper (II)-diimine-iminodiacetate mixed ligand complexes as potential antitumor agents

N Alvarez, LFS Mendes, MG Kramer, MH Torre… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to seek for new compounds with antitumor activity, our research group is focused on
copper complexes with mixed ligands. This work presents the synthesis and characterization …