title: Synthesis, Characterization, Mössbauer Parameters, and Antitumor Activity of Fe(III) Curcumin Complex.
abstract: Curcumin-Fe(III) complex was prepared from Fe(NO3)3 · 9H2O precursor and curcumin by refluxing a slightly basic methanolic solution of their mixture with the objective of investigating its cytotoxicity. The enol form of curcumin ligand was established by FTIR, UV/Vis, (1)H NMR, and (13)C NMR spectroscopy. The as-prepared product was characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR, UV, and Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques. An octahedral high-spin Fe(III) complex was obtained, δ , 0.37 mms(-1); Q.S., 0.79 mms(-1); no magnetic relaxation was observed at liquid N2 temperature, neither reduction of Fe(III). The tested cytotoxicity of the as-prepared complex on four cancer cell lines indicated inhibition of the curcumin activity upon complexing with iron.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mutasim Ibrahim
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: Aisha Mohamed
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Al-Zahem
authors.forename: Maha Hamad
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Al-Qunaibit