A role for density functional calculations in the rational design of bioreductive cobalt complexes?

Anti-Cancer Drug Design

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 415-420

  Wu, Jian Hui ^a   Reynolds, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORINE; COBALT COMPLEX; DICHLOROMETHANE; HYDROGEN; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DENSITY; DRUG DESIGN; HYPOXIC CELL; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL HYPOXIA; COBALT; DRUG DESIGN; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; HUMANS; MECHLORETHAMINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0030017690     PISSN: 02669536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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