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Synthesis, characterization, and cancer cell-selective cytotoxicity of mixed-ligand cobalt(iii) complexes of 8-hydroxyquinolines and phenanthroline bases

Banashree Deka, Tukki Sarkar, Arnab Bhattacharyya, Ray J. Butcher, Samya Banerjee, Sasanka Deka, Kandarpa K. Saikia and Akhtar Hussain

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 4952
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Discovery of Pt(ii) complexes based on a terpyridine skeleton and study of their antiproliferative activity against pancreatic cancer cells

Ling Wang, Siying Chong, Shuangyan Wu, Yaguang Sun, Ying Zhang, Chiyu Sun and Mingchang Zhu

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 8526
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l-Phenylalanine-derived pseudopeptidic bioinspired materials: Zn(ii) induced fluorescence enhancement and precise tuning of self-assembled nanostructures

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Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 7266
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Designing novel tridentate iridium(III) complexes comprising functionalized benzothiazole ligands to improve anticancer activity by targeting mitochondria

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Bioorganic Chemistry, 2025, 161, 108507
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Quinoline-based metal complexes: Synthesis and applications

Rohit Kumar, Ankita Thakur, Sachin, Devesh Chandra, Ankit Kumar Dhiman, Praveen Kumar Verma and Upendra Sharma

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Anticancer activity of 8-hydroxyquinoline-triphenylphosphine rhodium(III) complexes targeting mitophagy pathways

Xiao-Qiong Huang, Run-Chun Wu, Jian-Min Liang, Zhen Zhou, Qi-Pin Qin and Hong Liang

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024, 272, 116478
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Mitochondria-localizing triphenylphosphine-8-hydroxyquinoline Ru complexes induce ferroptosis and their antitumor evaluation

Ting Meng, Zhong Xu, Han-Jie Wang, Jin Huang, Jia-Li Wen, Mei-Ping Huang, Chun-Yan Zhou and Jing-Ping Zhong

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2024, 257, 112585
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Fenton-like 5,7-dibromo-2-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline Mn2+ complex acting as a probe for mitochondrial imaging and chemodynamic therapy

Ting Meng, Han-Jie Wang, Yan-Rong Huang, Jin-Lan Qin, Yan Jiang, Chun-Yan Zhou and Jing-Ping Zhong

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023, 156, 111198
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Synthesis, structure and biological properties of the zinc(II) complexes with 5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-tetrazole and oligopyridine derivatives

Ekaterina A. Ermakova, Yuliya A. Golubeva, Ksenia S. Smirnova, Lyubov S. Klyushova, Ilia V. Eltsov, Dmitriy G. Sheven’, Leonid N. Fetisov, Alexandra E. Svyatogorova, Alexander A. Zubenko and Elizaveta V. Lider

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2024, 571, 122217
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Cobalt(III) complexes with dihalo-substituted 8-hydroxyquinoline ligands: Synthesis, characterization, and anticancer evaluation

Banashree Deka, Somarupa Sahoo, Rajesh Kushwaha, Jyotirmoy Dutta, Arnab Bhattacharyya, Samya Banerjee and Akhtar Hussain

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2025, 180, 114915
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Antitumor studies evaluation of triphenylphosphine ruthenium complexes with 5,7-dihalo-substituted-8-quinolinoline targeting mitophagy pathways

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Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2023, 248, 112361
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New rhodium(III)-triphenylphosphine complexes with 5-halogenate-8-hydroxyquinoline as ligands: synthesis, characterization, cytotoxicity, and mechanism of action

Zhen-Feng Wang, Xiao-Qiong Huang, Run-Chun Wu, Shu-Hua Zhang and Guangzhao Li

Bioorganic Chemistry, 2025, 163, 108789
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Cyclometalated iridium(III)–robustine coordination compounds as highly potent anticancer agents

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Polyhedron, 2025, 279, 117619
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Chlorquinaldol-zinc(II)-bipyridine complexes: Design, synthesis, structure and anticancer evaluation

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Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023, 156, 111238
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8-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide copper(II)- and zinc(II)-phenanthroline and bipyridine coordination compounds: Design, synthesis, structures, and antitumor evaluation

Ling-Qi Du, Chu-Jie Zeng, Dong-Yin Mo, Qi-Pin Qin, Ming-Xiong Tan and Hong Liang

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2024, 251, 112443
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Insights into the antineoplastic activity and mechanisms of action of coumarin-coordinated 8-hydroxyquinoline ruthenium(II/III) compounds

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Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2024, 259, 112659
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Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies of novel mixed-ligand Schiff base/8-hydroxyquinoline metal complexes

Ayman A. O. Younes

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Mitochondrial-targeted cyclometalated Ir(III)-5,7-dibromo/dichloro-2-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline complexes and their anticancer efficacy evaluation in Hep-G2 cells

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Metallomics, 2024, 16
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Crystal structures and photophysical properties of mono- and dinuclear ZnII complexes flanked by triethylammonium

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Decoding the Implications of Zinc in the Development and Therapy of Leukemia

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Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Two new 8-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide cobalt coordination compounds: synthesis, crystal structures, and in vitro anticancer efficacy evaluation

Qi-Pin Qin, Yue-Jiao Liang, Li Ruan, Ling-Qi Du, Qiu-Ji Xie, Li-Qin Qin and Ming-Xiong Tan

Transit Met Chem, 2025
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Quinoline- and coumarin-based ligands and their rhenium(I) tricarbonyl complexes: synthesis, spectral characterization and antiproliferative activity on T-cell lymphoma

Martina Piškor, Ivan Ćorić, Berislav Perić, Katarina Mišković Špoljarić, Srećko I. Kirin, Ljubica Glavaš-Obrovac and Silvana Raić-Malić

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2025, 262, 112770
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Density Functional Theory-Guided Photo-Triggered Anticancer Activity of Curcumin-Based Zinc(II) Complexes

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J. Phys. Chem. B, 2023, 127, 10266
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