Table 2.

Copper therapeutics

Compound	Potential therapeutic application	Chemical structure	Refs
Copper ionophores
Elesclomol	Menkes disease, Mitochondrial disorders, Cancer		[80, 86]
CuATSM	ALS, Parkinson’s disease, Cancer		[87, 88, 99]
CuGTSM	Alzheimer’s disease, Cancer		[89, 99]
Disulfiram	Cancer, Alcohol abuse drug		[79]
Copper chelators
D-penicillamine	Wilson disease		[90, 92]
Trientine	Wilson disease		[90, 92]
Tetrathiomolybdate	Wilson disease		[90, 92, 93]