Six new Ru(ii) arene anthracene benzhydrazone complexes have been synthesized and show excellent cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines. The results of apoptosis assays demonstrated that complexes 4 and 6 are able to induce apoptosis in human cancer cells.

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Ruthenium complexes with bioactive ligands become the promising substitutes to platinum complexes by showing their precise actions against various cancers. In the present study, the synthesis of three new...

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