Water soluble luminescent platinum terpyridine complexes with glycosylated acetylide and arylacetylide ligands: photoluminescent properties and cytotoxicities |
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Authors: | Ma Dik-Lung Shum Tina Yuen-Ting Zhang Fuyi Che Chi-Ming Yang Mengsu |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. |
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Abstract: | Platinum(II) terpyridine complexes with glycosylated acetylide and arylacetylide ligands bind to DNA with binding constants approximately 10(5) mol(-1) dm(3); the glycosylated arylacetylide complexes exhibit emission at lambda(max) approximately 620 nm in water and are up to approximately 100-times higher in potency than the clinical cisplatin drug in killing cancer cells. |
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