| abstract |
Organovanadium complexes, and more specifically hydroxyoxovanadium(V), ν-oxo dimeric oxovanadium(V) and cis-dioxovanadium(V) complexes, are provided. The complexes may be formulated into a pharmaceutical composition. The complexes and/or compositions may be used in the treatment of a variety of disease states, including use as anti-proliferative and/or anti-metastatic agents and/or to treat drug resistant tumors and/or to methods of reducing the ability of tumors to metastasize and/or for the treatment of diabetes, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, diseases involving passageways of the body, and autoimmune diseases including but not limited to psoriasis and lupus. |