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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Kattesh V. Katti, Columbia, MO (US);
Wynn A. Volkert, Columbia, MO (US);
Timothy Hoffman, Columbia, MO (US);
Kattesh V. Katti, Columbia, MO (US);
Wynn A. Volkert, Columbia, MO (US);
Timothy Hoffman, Columbia, MO (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
There is provided a complex for use as a therapeutic pharmaceutical, the complex has a ligand containing at least one hydroxyalkyl phosphine donor group bound to a gold atom to form a stable gold-ligand complex. Also provided is a method of treating cancer by administering an effective amount of a complex having a ligand of at least one hydroxyalkyl phosphine group bound to a gold atom to form a stable gold-ligand complex. Also provided is a method of preventing the metastasis of cancer and arresting cell growth by administering an effective amount of a complex having a ligand of at least one hydroxyalkyl phosphine group bound to a gold atom to form a stable gold-ligand complex.