| Literature DB >> 27352966 |
Erin Wachter1, Ana Zamora2, David K Heidary1, José Ruiz2, Edith C Glazer1.
Abstract
Two thermally activated ruthenium(ii) polypyridyl complexes, cis-Ru(bpy)2Cl2 and trans-Ru(qpy)Cl2 were investigated to determine the impact of the geometric arrangement of the exchangable ligands on the potential of the compounds to act as chemotherapeutics. In contrast to the geometry requirements for cisplatin, trans-Ru(qpy)Cl2 was 7.1-9.5× more cytotoxic than cis-Ru(bpy)2Cl2. This discovery could open up a new area of metal-based chemotherapeutic research.Entities:
Year: 2016 PMID: 27352966 PMCID: PMC4980196 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04813g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222