A series of new bisthiosemicarbazones of methylglyoxal and their copper(II) complexes were synthesized. Evidence of antitumor properties of some products combined with low toxicity shows that further searching for antitumor agents in this group of compounds may be promising.
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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 9–11, September, 2008.
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Dilanyan, E.R., Ovsepyan, T.R., Arsenyan, F.G. et al. Antitumor activity of substituted methylglyoxal bisthiosemicarbazones and their copper(II) chelates. Pharm Chem J 42, 504–506 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-009-0162-x
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