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Farukh Arjmand is a researcher affiliated with Aligarh Muslim University in India, with a multidisciplinary focus spanning materials science, chemistry, and medicine. The main fields of study encompass Materials Science (76 publications), Chemistry (63 publications), and Medicine (53 publications), with subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Arjmand's research topics include:

  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization

Their publication record shows significant contributions to specialized journals and databases, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (32 publications)
  • Polyhedron (8 publications)
  • Journal of Molecular Structure (6 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (6 publications)
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta (5 publications)

Among recent papers, the following are highlighted:

  • "Advancement of metal compounds as therapeutic and diagnostic metallodrugs: Current frontiers and future perspectives," 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Biochemical pathways of copper complexes: progress over the past 5 years," 2021, Drug Discovery Today
  • "An overview of advancement of organoruthenium(II) complexes as prospective anticancer agents," 2023, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Metal complexes of NSAIDs as potent anti-tumor chemotherapeutics: Mechanistic insights into cytotoxic activity via multiple pathways primarily by inhibition of COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes," 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Turn-on" benzophenone based fluorescence and colorimetric sensor for the selective detection of Fe2+ in aqueous media: Validation of sensing mechanism by spectroscopic and computational studies," 2020, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Farukh Arjmand has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Sartaj Tabassum (67 co-authored works)
  • Salman Khursheed (21 co-authored works)
  • Huzaifa Yasir Khan (18 co-authored works)
  • Hifzur R. Siddique (17 co-authored works)
  • Suffora Akhter (14 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Dna binding studies of novel copper(II) complexes containing l-tryptophan as chiral auxiliary : In vitro antitumor activity of Cu-Sn2 complex in human neuroblastoma cells

    Mala Chauhan;Kakoli Banerjee;Farukh Arjmand

  • Synthesis and characterization of dinuclear macrocyclic cobalt(II), copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes derived from 2,2,2('),2(')-S,S[bis(bis-N,N-2-thiobenzimidazolyloxalato-1,2-ethane)]: DNA binding and cleavage studies.

    Farukh Arjmand;Mubashira Aziz

  • Synthesis, antibacterial, antifungal activity and interaction of CT-DNA with a new benzimidazole derived Cu(II) complex

    Farukh Arjmand;Bhawana Mohani;Shamim Ahmad

  • Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of copper based drug with Human Serum Albumin (HSA): spectroscopic and molecular docking investigations.

    Sartaj Tabassum;Waddhaah M. Al-Asbahy;Mohd. Afzal;Farukh Arjmand

  • Synthesis of new chiral heterocyclic Schiff base modulated Cu(II)/Zn(II) complexes: their comparative binding studies with CT-DNA, mononucleotides and cleavage activity.

    Farukh Arjmand;Fatima Sayeed;Mohd. Muddassir

  • Mixed-ligand Cu(II)-vanillin Schiff base complexes; effect of coligands on their DNA binding, DNA cleavage, SOD mimetic and anticancer activity.

    Sartaj Tabassum;Samira Amir;Farukh Arjmand;Claudio Pettinari

  • Synthesis and characterization of copper(II) and zinc(II)-based potential chemotherapeutic compounds: Their biological evaluation viz. DNA binding profile, cleavage and antimicrobial activity

    Sartaj Tabassum;Ahmad Asim;Farukh Arjmand;Mohd. Afzal

  • Synthesis, characterization, biological studies (DNA binding, cleavage, antibacterial and topoisomerase I) and molecular docking of copper(II) benzimidazole complexes

    Farukh Arjmand;Shazia Parveen;Mohd. Afzal;Mohd. Shahid

  • Advancement of metal compounds as therapeutic and diagnostic metallodrugs: Current frontiers and future perspectives

    Imtiyaz Yousuf;Masrat Bashir;Farukh Arjmand;Sartaj Tabassum

  • Interaction and photo-induced cleavage studies of a copper based chemotherapeutic drug with human serum albumin: spectroscopic and molecular docking study

    Sartaj Tabassum;Waddhaah M. Al-Asbahy;Mohd. Afzal;Farukh Arjmand

  • Organo-tin antitumor compounds: Their present status in drug development and future perspectives

    Farukh Arjmand;Sabiha Parveen;Sartaj Tabassum;Claudio Pettinari

  • Chiral preference of L-tryptophan derived metal-based antitumor agent of late 3d-metal ions (Co(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II)) in comparison to D- and DL-tryptophan analogues: their in vitro reactivity towards CT DNA, 5'-GMP and 5'-TMP.

    Farukh Arjmand;Mohd. Muddassir;Rizwan Hasan Khan

  • New modulated design and synthesis of quercetin–CuII/ZnII–Sn2IV scaffold as anticancer agents: in vitro DNA binding profile, DNA cleavage pathway and Topo-I activity

    Sartaj Tabassum;Mehvash Zaki;Mohd. Afzal;Farukh Arjmand

  • Current and future potential of metallo drugs: Revisiting DNA-binding of metal containing molecules and their diverse mechanism of action

    Mehvash Zaki;Farukh Arjmand;Sartaj Tabassum

  • Enantiomeric Amino Acid Schiff Base Copper(II) Complexes as a New Class of RNA-Targeted Metallo-Intercalators: Single X-ray Crystal Structural Details, Comparative in Vitro DNA/RNA Binding Profile, Cleavage, and Cytotoxicity

    Siffeen Zehra;Thierry Roisnel;Farukh Arjmand

  • Mechanistic insights into a novel chromone-appended Cu(II) anticancer drug entity: in vitro binding profile with DNA/RNA substrates and cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 and HepG2 cancer cells

    Imtiyaz Yousuf;Farukh Arjmand;Sartaj Tabassum;Loic Toupet

  • Molecular drug design, synthesis and crystal structure determination of CuII–SnIV heterobimetallic core: DNA binding and cleavage studies

    Farukh Arjmand;Shazia Parveen;Mohd. Afzal;Loic Toupet

  • Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of diorganotin(IV) complexes of N′-(4-hydroxypent-3-en-2-ylidene)isonicotinohydrazide: chemotherapeutic potential validation by in vitro interaction studies with DNA/HSA, DFT, molecular docking and cytotoxic activity

    Shipra Yadav;Imtiyaz Yousuf;Mohammad Usman;Musheer Ahmad

  • Molecular drug design, synthesis and structure elucidation of a new specific target peptide based metallo drug for cancer chemotherapy as topoisomerase I inhibitor

    Sartaj Tabassum;Waddhaah M. Al-Asbahy;Mohd. Afzal;Farukh Arjmand

  • Synthesis, crystal structure and antiproliferative activity of Cu(II) nalidixic acid-DACH conjugate: comparative in vitro DNA/RNA binding profile, cleavage activity and molecular docking studies.

    Farukh Arjmand;Imtiyaz Yousuf;Taibi ben Hadda;Loic Toupet

Frequent Co-Authors

Loïc Toupet
Loïc Toupet University of Rennes
Thierry Roisnel
Thierry Roisnel University of Rennes
Iqbal Ahmad
Iqbal Ahmad Aligarh Muslim University
Claudio Pettinari
Claudio Pettinari University of Camerino
Hamad A. Al-Lohedan
Hamad A. Al-Lohedan King Saud University
Fabio Marchetti
Fabio Marchetti University of Camerino
Rizwan Hasan Khan
Rizwan Hasan Khan Aligarh Muslim University
James A. Cowan
James A. Cowan The Ohio State University
Othman Sulaiman
Othman Sulaiman Universiti Sains Malaysia
Ameer Azam
Ameer Azam Aligarh Muslim University

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