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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
Susan Jane Berners-Price, Paddington, AU;
Richard John Bowen, Cleveland, AU;
Peter Gordon Parsons, St. Lucia, AU;
Griffith University, Queensland, AU;
Abstract
A method of treatment or inhibition of tumors including the steps of: (i) exchanging one or more of the eight phenyl substituents in the compound [M(dppe),],where M is selected from Au(I), Ag(I) and Cu(I) by 2, 3, or 4 pyridyl substituents to provide a compound having anti-tumor activity and an octanol/water partition coefficient between 0.01 and 25.5; and (ii) administering said compound to a subject requiring treatment which compound has selective toxicity to cancer cells including cisplatin resistant human carcinoma cell lines. The invention also includes within its scope compounds of formula (I)