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Met Based Drugs. 1994;1(4):299-304. doi: 10.1155/MBD.1994.299.

In vitro antitumour activity of some triorganophosphinegold(i) thionucleobases.

Metal-based drugs

E R Tiekink, P D Cookson, B M Linahan, L K Webster

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  1. Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia 5005 Australia.

PMID: 18476243 PMCID: PMC2364903 DOI: 10.1155/MBD.1994.299

Abstract

A series of phosphinegold(I) thionucleobase analogues, [R(3)PAu(SR(x))] (R = Et, Ph or chexyl; HSR(1) = 2-mercaptobenzoic acid, HSR(2) = 2-thiouracil, HSR(3) = 6-mercaptopurine and HSR(4) = 6-thioguanine) have been examined for their in vitro cytotoxicity in L1210 murine leukemia cells in culture. The range of ID(50) values (continuous 48 h exposure) for the complexes is 0.041 - 0.131 muM. The complexes with SR(3) and SR(3) are generally the most active; however, there is no clear trend associated with the phosphine ligands.

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