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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Evaluation of Transition Metal Complexes of Benzimidazole-Derived Scaffold as Promising Anticancer Chemotherapeutics.

Afzal Hussain, Mohamed F AlAjmi, Md Tabish Rehman, Azmat Ali Khan, Perwez Alam Shaikh, Rais Ahmad Khan

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Afzal HussainDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. afihussain@ksu.edu.sa.
Mohamed F AlAjmiDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. malajmii@ksu.edu.sa.
Md Tabish RehmanDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. m.tabish.rehman@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2341-900X
Azmat Ali KhanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. azmatbiotech@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5955-3783
Perwez Alam ShaikhDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. alamperwez007@gmail.com.
Rais Ahmad KhanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. raischem@gmail.com.
King Saud University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three new transition metal complexes, Cu(II)

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisBenzimidazolesCell AdhesionCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell SurvivalCobaltCoordination ComplexesCopperCrystallography, X-RayDNADNA CleavageDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorFemaleAntineoplastic AgentsBenzimidazolescalf thymus DNACobaltCoordination ComplexesCopperDNAFree Radical ScavengersLigandsZincapoptosiscell migration/adhesioncytotoxicityDNA binding/cleavagemetal complexestoxicity profile

Identifiers

PMID29883398
PMCPMC6100524
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