Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 347872, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/347872
Research Article

Synthesis, Cytotoxic Activity, and DNA Binding Properties of Copper (II) Complexes with Hesperetin, Naringenin, and Apigenin

Mingxiong Tan,1,2 Jinchan Zhu,1 Yingming Pan,1 Zhenfeng Chen,1 Hong Liang,1 Huagang Liu,3 and Hengshan Wang1

1The Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
2Department of Chemistry and Biology, Yulin Normal College, Yulin 537000, China
3Department of Pharmacology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China

Received 28 May 2009; Revised 28 July 2009; Accepted 4 August 2009

Academic Editor: Lorenzo Pellerito

Copyright © 2009 Mingxiong Tan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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