DOI: 10.1039/d6ma01123c ISSN: 2633-5409
Substituent-driven anticancer activity of zinc(
ii
) terpyridine complexes: effects on cell cycle progression, cell death, and ROS production
Ahmed M. Mansour, Shaikha S. Al Neyadi, Krzysztof Radacki, Ola R. Shehab, Gamal A. E. Mostafa, Essam A. Ali, Mahmoud T. Abo-Elfadl Modulation of terpyridine ligands in bis(terpyridine) Zn(
ii
) complexes tunes stability and anticancer activity. The trimethoxy-substituted complex showed selective cytotoxicity toward SW620 cells
via
ROS-mediated apoptosis.