Piplartine (piperlongumine) is a plant-derived compound found in some Piper species that became a novel potential antineoplastic agent. In the present study, we synthesized a novel platinum complex containing a piplartine derivative cis-[PtCl(PIP-OH)(PPh3)2]PF6 (where, PIP-OH = piplartine demethylated derivative; and PPh3 = triphenylphosphine) with enhanced cytotoxicity in different cancer cells, and investigat...
This manuscript reports on new nitro/nitrosyl Ru-based complexes, which were synthesized with the purpose of using them as precursors to obtain supramolecular ruthenium porphyrin species ({TPyP[Ru (NO2)(5,50-Mebipy)2]4}(PF6)4) and ({TPyP[Ru(NO)(5,50-Mebipy)2]4}(PF6)12). The photochemical and photophysical properties of these porphyrin species were investigated. Results show that the complex containing nitrite i...
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos; Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and malaria are neglected parasitic diseases responsible for high mortality in tropical low-income countries. Due to the lack of vaccines and of safe, effective and affordable treatments, there is an urgent need to reinforce the existing therapeutic arsenal against these diseases. Many potential drugs have been investigated for these diseases, in...
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos; In this work ruthenium carbonyl complexes were synthesized and characterized which allowed an interesting spectroscopic and structural study as well as preliminary in vitro antitumor activity assays. Thus, the interests in the transition metal carbonyls, which carry and liberate CO, are also emerging as a pharmacological tool to mimic the bioactivity of endogenously generated...
Three promising antimycobacterium tuberculosis ruthenium(II) complexes with the deprotonated ligands 2-hydroxynicotinic acid (2-OHnicH), 6-hydroxynicotinic acid (6-OHnicH) and 3-hydroxypicolinic acid (3-OHpicH) were synthesized and characterized. Structural analysis revealed three different coordination modes depending of the hydroxypyridinecarboxylate ligand. In the complex [Ru(2- OHnic)(dppb)(bipy)]PF6 (1), t...
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