Recent Advances in Anti-Tumor Metal Complexes and Drug Delivery Systems: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 223
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Interests: antioxidants and oxidative stress in biological systems; modulators of oxidative stress; structural characterization of novel compounds, new ligands, and their transition metal complexes, with potential biological activity; the inhibitory potential of compounds towards major transport proteins
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Interests: antitumor drugs; molecular oncology; drug targeting; medicinal chemistry
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Interests: transition metal complexes; DFT; noncovalent interactions; DNA and protein binding affinity; spectroscopic characterization; antioxidants; free radicals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, enhanced intrest in the discovery of novel drugs in order to adequately increase the survival rate of patients with various types of cancer has been observed, as this malignacy is among the most prevalent causes of death worldwide. To overcome all potential problems regarding the application of leading chemotherapeutic agents, such as platinum drugs, a wide range of naturally occurring phytochemicals and their synthetic analogs with anticancer potential are being explored for use in cancer therapy. Signifcant attention has been paid to transition metal complexes other than platinum, which should be more effective and less toxic than the existing ones. Novel, promising perspectives in this area are also associated with the development of so-called “targeted drug delivery systems”, which are created by labeling certain carriers with biologically active molecules or receptors that are specifically attached to targeted cells or tissues.
This Special Issue aims to present recent research regarding the design, synthesis, structural characterization, in silico numerical simulation, and biological activity evaluation of new tumor-selective compounds and their transition metal complexes; this is in addition to their immobilization into drug delivery systems that could provide a therapeutic dose of novel compounds to different cancer cells.
We welcome original research papers and reviews that address novel and naturally occurring phytochemicals or synthetic analogs, their transition metal complexes, and drug delivery systems with possible applications in anticancer therapy.
Prof. Dr. Jasmina Dimitrić Marković
Prof. Dr. Goran Kaluđerović
Dr. Dušan Dimić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transition metal complexes
- synthesis
- structural characterization
- biological activity
- in silico methods
- drug delivery
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