Topo I and Cobalt Complex
Revealing new paper on metallo-inhibitors. Article Source: Science Direct Synthesis and structure elucidation of a cobalt(II) complex as topoisomerase I inhibitor: In vitro DNA binding, nuclease and RBC hemolysis Abstract Metal-based cancer chemotherapeutic agent of the type Co(II) complex [Co(mpca)2]·H2O (1), where, Hmpca = 9-methyl-[1,10]phenanthroline-2-carboxylic acid was synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic and analytical techniques and further authenticated by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. In vitro DNA binding studies of complex 1 with CT DNA was carried out by…