title: Lipid based nanovectors containing ruthenium complexes: a potential route in cancer therapy.
abstract: Ruthenium complexes offer new perspectives in cancer therapy; towards this aim we have synthesized a new amphiphilic unimer able to coordinate ruthenium complexes and to form liposomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Via Cinthia, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Del Litto
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mangiapia
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carnerup
authors.forename: Gerardino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Errico
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruffo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paduano
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015394:Molecular Structure; D050997:Nanomedicine; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004337:Drug Carriers; D008055:Lipids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012428:Ruthenium