Includes bibliographical references. / The clinical success of cisplatin and its derivatives for the treatment of different cancers has had a profound effect on the use of metal-containing agents in medicine. Despite the successes, the drawbacks of platinum-based therapy, such as drug resistance, toxicity and the emergence of unwanted side effects, have bred a need for effective and novel anticancer agents. Hence, the design and study of bioorganometallic complexes as potential therapeutic agents may eventually lead to the identification of new drug candidates. The purpose of this study was to synthesize and characterize a series of polynuclear transition-metal-containing complexes based on a (poly)propyleneimine dendritic scaffold, and investigate the in vitro antiproliferative activity of these complexes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/8720 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Govender, Preshendren |
| Contributors | Smith, Gregory S |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD |
| Format | application/pdf |
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