Developments in Platinum-Group Metals as Dual Antibacterial and Anticancer Agents

Table 1

Antibacterial activities of platinum(IV) dithiocarbamato complexes in μM.

Pt(IV) complex	Z. mobilis	B. subtilis	K. aeroginosa	E. coli	P. aeruginosa
[Pt(L^1)2Cl2]	+	++	_	_	+
[Pt(L^3)2Cl2]	++	_	_	_	+
[Pt(L^4)2Cl2]	_	++	_	+	+

L¹ = morpholine dithiocarbamate, L³ = N-(methyl, cyclohexyl dithiocarbamate, and L⁴ = N-(ethyl, cyclohexyl dithiocarbamate).