Ruthenium complexes as anticancer agents: A brief history and perspectives

SY Lee, CY Kim, TG Nam - Drug design, development and therapy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Platinum (Pt)-based anticancer drugs such as cisplatin have been used to treat various
cancers. However, they have some limitations including poor selectivity and toxicity towards …

Metal complexes in cancer therapy–an update from drug design perspective

U Ndagi, N Mhlongo, ME Soliman - Drug design, development and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the past, metal-based compounds were widely used in the treatment of disease
conditions, but the lack of clear distinction between the therapeutic and toxic doses was a …

Ru(II)-p-Cymene Complexes of Furoylthiourea Ligands for Anticancer Applications against Breast Cancer Cells

DP Dorairaj, J Haribabu, M Dharmasivam… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Half-sandwich Ru (II) complexes containing nitro-substituted furoylthiourea ligands, bearing
the general formula [(η 6-p-cymene) RuCl2 (L)](1–6) and [(η 6-p-cymene) RuCl …

Investigation into antiproliferative activity and apoptosis mechanism of new arene Ru (ii) carbazole-based hydrazone complexes

TS Kamatchi, MKM Subarkhan, R Ramesh… - Dalton …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ruthenium complexes with bioactive ligands are becoming promising substitutes for
platinum complexes due to their precise action against various cancers. In the present study …

Liposome-based drug co-delivery systems in cancer cells

SZ Vahed, R Salehi, S Davaran, S Sharifi - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Combination therapy and nanotechnology offer a promising therapeutic method in cancer
treatment. By improving drug's pharmacokinetics, nanoparticulate systems increase the …

Organometallic anticancer compounds

G Gasser, I Ott, N Metzler-Nolte - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
The quest for alternative drugs to the well-known cisplatin and its derivatives, which are still
used in more than 50% of the treatment regimes for patients suffering from cancer, is highly …

Piano stool Ru (II)-arene complexes having three monodentate legs: A comprehensive review on their development as anticancer therapeutics over the past decade

S Swaminathan, J Haribabu, N Balakrishnan… - Coordination chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The popularity of RAPTA-C in in vivo studies has steered the way for complexes of the type
[Ru (η 6-arene)(X)(Y)(Z)] n+ (where X, Y and Z are monodentate ligands) to be developed …

Metal complexes as DNA intercalators

HK Liu, PJ Sadler - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2011 - ACS Publications
DNA has a strong affinity for many heterocyclic aromatic dyes, such as acridine and its
derivatives. Lerman in 1961 first proposed intercalation as the source of this affinity, and this …

Synthesis and Structure of Arene Ru(II) NO-Chelating Complexes: In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Cancer Cell Death Mechanism

S Balaji, MK Mohamed Subarkhan, R Ramesh… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A panel of six new structurally related organometallic arene Ru (II) complexes of general
composition [(η6-benzene) Ru (L) Cl](1–3) and [(η6-p-cymene) Ru (L) Cl](4–6)(L …

Intracellular catalysis with selected metal complexes and metallic nanoparticles: advances toward the development of catalytic metallodrugs

JJ Soldevila-Barreda, N Metzler-Nolte - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Platinum-containing drugs (eg, cisplatin) are among the most frequently used
chemotherapeutic agents. Their tremendous success has spurred research and …