Síntesis, caracterización y propiedades biológicas de un helicato de plata que muestra una actividad mejorada hacia...

Antimicrobial resistance is an ever growing concern and the development of novel treatment methods is urgently required. In this study a novel bis-bidentate ligand strand which forms a dinuclear double helicate in solution with silver cations, [Ag₂L₂]²⁺ demonstrated cytotoxicity against a range of cancer cell lines and antimicrobial activity against bacterial pathogens E. coli, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus (a methicillin resistant strain; MRSA), with the latter being at least 8 times more sensitive to the helicate complex compared to silver cations on their own.