Patent ID: 8481496

Claim:
An Au(III) complex [Au III X 2 (peptide/esterified peptide dithiocarbamato)], wherein X 2 and the peptide/esterified peptide dithiocarbamato moieties are the ligands, represented by the general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein X 2 and the peptide/esterified peptide dithiocarbamato moieties are ligands and the ligands X 1 , X 2 , equal or different each other, are selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, I, CN, SCN; where Y is selected from O, S, NR 7 , where R 7 is a residue selected from the group consisting of H, CH 3 , straight or branched C 2 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, phenyl; and R 4 is selected from the group consisting of H, CH 3 , straight or branched C 2 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, phenyl, (CH 2 CH 2 O) p H where p is an integer comprised from 1 to 4; and wherein the organic moiety [—(R 1 )N—(R 3 )(R 2 )C—Z n —(═O)C—] of the peptide/esterified peptide dithiocarbamato ligand is selected from the group consisting of -[Sar]-[Gly]-, -[Sar]-[Aib]- -[Sar]-[Phe]-, -[Sar]-[Ser]-, -[Sar]-[Aib] 2 -, and -[Sar]-[Aib] 3 -[Gly]-.