Novel cytotoxic Rhodium and Iridium Compounds and their use as anticancer drugs and antimetastatic agents
These novel rhodium complexes were tested on breast cancer (MCF-7) and colon cancer (HT-29) cell lines and exhibit cytotoxicities of up to 100 times higher than Cisplatin.
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