Drug Design, Biological Activity, and Metabolic Consequences of Cytotoxic Platinum Compounds: Utilizing Fluorescent Tagging to Understand Drug Action and Metabolism

Platinum drugs are among the most commonly used chemotherapeutics for the treatment of testicular, head and neck, ovarian, small cell lung, and colorectal carcinomas. Although the current set of platinum chemotherapeutics has proven somewhat successful, the overall success of platinum based drugs i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benedetti, Brad
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/195
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1194&context=etd