Metal Complexes in the Treatment of Disease
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 327
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal complexes achieve unique structural architectures and biochemical reactivities that are inaccessible to traditional small-molecule organic compounds. Following the serendipitous discovery of the anticancer drug cisplatin in the 1960s, medicinal chemists have been inspired to further explore the treatment of various diseases using inorganic compounds. This Special Issue of Molecules highlights the latest research into the anticancer, antibacterial and antiviral properties of metal complexes and addresses the development of innovative bio-analytical techniques for the subcellular characterization of inorganic molecules and their biological interactions.
Dr. James P.C. Coverdale
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal
- inorganic
- complex
- cancer
- disease
- bioinorganic
- organometallic
- analytical
- metallomics
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