| abstract |
Platinum-amines with anti-tumour activity have the formula cis-[Pt(A) 2 (X) 2 ], wherein A represents a polyhydroxylated amine or A 2 represents a polyhydroxylated diamine, and X represents a halide or carboxylate radical or X 2 represents a dicarboxylate, sulfate, orthophosphate, or pyrophosphate radical, or a combination of aquo and sulfate, orthophosphate or pyrophosphate. |