Synthesis, Biological Activity and Medicinal Applications of Ruthenium Complexes Containing Carbohydrate Ligands
The search for new metal-efficient drugs has attracted considerable attention of the scientific community. Among them, ruthenium complexes have emerged as an excellent alternative of platinum complexes. This review presents a thorough and timely coverage of the synthesis, biological
activity and medicinal applications of ruthenium complexes bearing carbohydrate ligands, allowing a large community of readers, in particularly the community that works in organic, inorganic, bioorganometallic and medicinal chemistry, ready access to the most relevant examples.
Keywords: Ruthenium; arene complexes; carbohydrates; cyclopentadienyl complexes; nucleolipidic complexes; polypyridyl complexes; tricarbonyl complexes
Document Type: Review Article
Publication date: 01 October 2019
This article was made available online on 14 June 2019 as a Fast Track article with title: "Synthesis, Biological Activity and Medicinal Applications of Ruthenium Complexes Containing Carbohydrate Ligands".
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