Is the Way to Fight Cancer Paved with Gold? Metal-Based Carbene Complexes with Multiple and Fascinating Biological Features

• Main Authors: Domenico Iacopetta (Author), Camillo Rosano (Author), Marco Sirignano (Author), Annaluisa Mariconda (Author), Jessica Ceramella (Author), Marco Ponassi (Author), Carmela Saturnino (Author), Maria Stefania Sinicropi (Author), Pasquale Longo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Herein, we report the synthesis and the multiple anti-tumor properties of new gold and silver carbene complexes. The chemical modifications, grounded on our previous studies, led us to identify a good lead complex, gold-based, whose biological features are very exciting and promising in the anti-can...