Recent developments of metal-based compounds against fungal pathogens

Y Lin, H Betts, S Keller, K Cariou… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides insight into the rapidly expanding field of metal-based antifungal
agents. In recent decades, the antibacterial resistance crisis has caused reflection on many …

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 …

Half-sandwich ruthenium arene complexes bearing clinically approved drugs as ligands: The importance of metal–drug synergism in metallodrug design

C Sumithaa, M Ganeshpandian - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2023 - ACS Publications
A novel strategy in metallodrug discovery today is incorporating clinically approved drugs
into metal complexes as coordinating ligands. Using this strategy, various drugs have been …

Recent developments in drug discovery for leishmaniasis and human African trypanosomiasis

AS Nagle, S Khare, AB Kumar, F Supek… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that presents four main clinical syndromes: cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), visceral leishmaniasis/kala azar …

Current drug therapy and pharmaceutical challenges for Chagas disease

J Bermudez, C Davies, A Simonazzi, JP Real, S Palma - Acta tropica, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the most significant health problems in the American continent in terms of human
health, and socioeconomic impact is Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite …

Metal compounds against neglected tropical diseases

YC Ong, S Roy, PC Andrews, G Gasser - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Many first-line treatments for neglected tropical diseases identified by the World Health
Organization (WHO) are limited by one or more of the following: the development of drug …

Enhancing the activity of drugs by conjugation to organometallic fragments

P Chellan, PJ Sadler - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Resistance to chemotherapy is a current clinical problem, especially in the treatment of
microbial infections and cancer. One strategy to overcome this is to make new derivatives of …

Ruthenium complexes in the fight against pathogenic microorganisms. An extensive review

AC Munteanu, V Uivarosi - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The widespread use of antibiotics has resulted in the emergence of drug-resistant
populations of microorganisms. Clearly, one can see the need to develop new, more …

New insights on transition metal coordination compounds with biological active azole and nitroimidazole derivatives

R Navarro-Peñaloza, B Landeros-Rivera… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review we have selected some notable examples of azoles and nitroimidazoles and
their coordination compounds with previously reported biological effectiveness. In an effort …

Monodentately-coordinated bioactive moieties in multimodal half-sandwich organoruthenium anticancer agents

TR Steel, F Walsh, A Wieczorek-Błauż, M Hanif… - Coordination chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metallodrugs have a central role in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases. To overcome
potential toxicity and equip metal-based anticancer agents with biological activity, the choice …