Title:Anticancer Activity of Ferrocenylthiosemicarbazones
VOLUME: 14 ISSUE: 3
Author(s):Cortez-Maya Sandra, Klimova Elena, Flores-Alamo Marcos, Martínez-Klimova Elena, Ramírez-Ramírez Arturo, Ramírez Apan Teresa and Martínez-García Marcos
Affiliation:Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, México D.F., México.
Keywords:Anti-cancer activity, ferrocene, thiosemicarbazones.
Abstract:Aliphatic and aromatic ferrocenylthiosemicarbazones were synthesized. The characterization of the new ferrocenylthiosemicarbazones
was done by IR, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and X-ray diffraction studies. The biological
activity of the obtained compounds was assessed in terms of anticancer activity. Their activity against U251 (human glyoblastoma), PC-3
(human prostatic adenocarcinoma), K562 (human chronic myelogenous leukemia), HCT-15 (human colorectal adenocarcinoma), MCF-7
(human mammary adenocarcinoma) and SKLU-1 (human lung adenocarcinoma) cell lines was studied and compared with cisplatin. All
tested compounds showed good activity and the aryl-chloro substituted ferrocenylthiosemicarbazones showed the best anticancer activity.
