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Title: | Phosphinegold(I) thiolates - Pharmacological use and potential | Authors: | Tiekink, E.R.T. | Keywords: | Anti-tumour activity Chrysotherapy Gold Metal-based drugs Phosphine Rheumatoid arthritis Thiolate |
Issue Date: | 2003 | Citation: | Tiekink, E.R.T. (2003). Phosphinegold(I) thiolates - Pharmacological use and potential. Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications 1 (1) : 53-67. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | A brief overview of the use of gold compounds in medicine, namely in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is presented, including that of the orally-administered triethylphosphinegold(I) tetraacetylatedthioglucose species, auranofin. A summary of an evaluation for anti-arthritic activity of novel phosphinegold(I) thiolate analogues containing biologically active thiols is given. This shows that compounds with greater efficacy and reduced toxic side-effects, at least in the in vivo model studied, can be developed. More recent investigations on this class of compound have focussed on their putative anti-tumour activity. Significant cytotoxicity and apparent cellular specificity have been discovered for certain phosphinegold(I) thiolates carrying water-solubilising groups. All indications are there that the continued exploration of the medicinal properties of phosphinegold(I) thiolates offers very real opportunities in metallotherapeutics. | Source Title: | Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/77628 | ISSN: | 15653633 |
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