Nucleic acid binding study of surfactant copper( ii ) complex containing dipyrido[3,2-a:2′-3′-c]phenazine ligand as an intercalator: in vitro antitumor activity of complex in human liver carcinoma (HepG2) cancer cells

A new surfactant copper( ii ) complex, [Cu(dppz) 2 DA](ClO 4 ) 2 , where dppz = dipyrido[3,2- a :2′-3′- c ]phenazine and DA-dodecylamine, has been synthesized and characterized by physico-chemical and spectroscopic methods.