Transition metal complexes: a new generation of anticancer drugs
Ignácio E. León
Abstract
1. The interest in transition metal complexes as antitumor agents started in the 1960s with the serendipitous discovery of cisplatin. This drug was approved by the US FDA in the 1970s for its use a...
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ChemistryPharmacologyTransition (genetics)Drug discoveryCombinatorial chemistryNanotechnologyMedicineBiochemistryMaterials scienceGeneMetal complexes synthesis and propertiesFerrocene Chemistry and ApplicationsSynthesis and Biological Evaluation