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Hydroxyalkyl phosphine gold complexes for use as diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals and method of making same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:321196

A complex and method for making a diagnostic or therapeutic pharmaceutical includes a ligand comprising at least one hydroxyalkyl phosphine donor group bound to a gold atom to form a gold-ligand complex that is stable in aqueous solutions containing oxygen, serum and other body fluids. 20 figs.

Research Organization:
University of Missouri
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-89ER60875
Assignee:
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,843,993/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-818,078
OSTI ID:
321196
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English