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SUBMITTER: Eiter LC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3176588 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eiter Lauren C LC Hall Nathan W NW Day Cynthia S CS Saluta Gilda G Kucera Gregory L GL Bierbach Ulrich U
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20091101 21
Cationic gold(I) complexes containing 1-[2-(acridin-9-ylamino)ethyl]-1,3-dimethylthiourea (1), [AuL(1)](n+) (where L is Cl(-), Br(-), SCN(-), PEt(3), PPh(3), or 1), derived from a class of analogous platinum(II) antitumor agents, have been synthesized. Unlike platinum, gold does not form permanent adducts with DNA, and its complexes are 2 orders of magnitude less cytotoxic in non-small-cell lung cancer cells than the most active platinum-based agent. Instead, several gold analogues show submicro ...[more]