NAMI-A (original) (raw)

NAMI-A, KP1019 and BOLD-100 are three ruthenium anticancer agents that have entered clinical trials. Contrary to what can be found in some papers, "the nickname NAMI is not the acronym of “New Anticancer Metastasis Inhibitor”, but has a much more prosaic origin. It was created by a student as a short-form name of the chemical formula of the complex: “NA” comes from the symbol for sodium and “MI” from the word imidazole. The corresponding imidazolium salt was simply called NAMI-A to signify that it was an upgraded version of the prototype NAMI".