Category Archives: Cancer

New work on DHPs, just available online!

Congratulations to everyone, in special to Sandra! Well done! 1-Benzamido-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives as anticancer agents: in vitro and in vivo assays, Ardevines, S.; Auria-Luna, F.; Romanos, E.; Fernández-Moreira, V.; Benedi, A.; Gimeno, M. C.; Marzo, I.; Marqués-López, E.; Herrera, R. P. Arab. J. Chem. 2022, 104514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.104514. Abstract. … Continue reading

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Proud of wearing the pink T-shirt 2022!

Maru and Sandra, together with some friends, joined the “Carrera de la MUJER” in Zaragoza last October, 23rd.Greetings to all women!

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HOCA present at the race against cancer

Last June 19th, Fanny and Sandra participated at the “VII Marcha contra el cáncer en Zaragoza”. Proud of our girls!

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DHPs in 6th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (Nov 2020)

Novel ureido-dihydropyridine scaffolds as theranostic agents F. Auria-Luna,* S. Ardevines, E. Marqués-López, E. Romanos, V. Fernández-Moreira, M. C. Gimeno, I. Marzo, R. P. Herrera 10.3390/ECMC2020-07419 (registering DOI) Abstract: The potential as anticancer agents of 1,4-dihydropyridines (1,4-DHPs) and their pioneering urea … Continue reading

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Anabel got her PhD!

Last November 29, Anabel Izaga presented her PhD thesis: “Study of the synergistic effect between metal complexes and organocatalysts”. A very emotive defense… This work has been supervised by Dr. Herrera and Prof. Gimeno. Congratulations!!

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Indole and isatin derivatives with Au(I): Highly cytotoxic metallic species

Bioactive and luminescent indole and isatin based gold(I) derivatives, Fernández-Moreira, V.; Val-Campillo, C.; Ospino, I.; Herrera, R. P.; Marzo, I.; Laguna, A.; Gimeno, M. C. Dalton Trans. 2019. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT00298C Abstract. A series of luminescent monometallic [AuL(PPh3)] (1-3) and bimetallic [Au2(µ-dppe)L2] (4, … Continue reading

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Enjoy reading a new review about anticancer properties of gold complexes

Anticancer Properties of Gold Complexes with Biologically Relevant Ligands, Fernández-Moreira, V.; Herrera, R. P.; Gimeno, M. C. Pure Appl. Chem. 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0901 Abstract. The present review highlights our findings in the field of antitumor gold complexes bearing biologically relevant molecules, such as DNA-bases, amino acids … Continue reading

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Squaramides as potential anticancer agents for gastric carcinoma

These are the first results on a recently published study investigating the anticancer activity of squaramides carried out in collaboration with our collegue and friend Dr. Gemma Triola (IQAC-CISC). This article is part of a themed collection: Special issue devoted to “New … Continue reading

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