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GURUPI ISOTHERMS PLOT (GIP): A TOOL WITH INTUITIVE AND FREE GRAPHIC INTERFACE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE CALCULATION OF ADSORPTION ISOTHERMA PARAMETERS. Gurupi Isotherms Plot (GIP) is a new software and has been developed to facilitate the study of absorptive processes. The adsorption isotherm parameters are determined by the GIP in a non-linearized way, and the current version is implemented to determine the parameters of Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin-Radushkevich, coefficient of determination (R2) and average relative error (ARE). In order to facilitate the access and use of the program, a friendly graphical interface has been developed with a response time in seconds. It should also be noted that is a free software. The program was tested with different sets of absorptive data and showed an excellent correlation with the literature data proving its performance.

The growth of antibiotic resistance is a matter of worldwide concern. In parallel, cancer remains one of the main causes of death. In the search for new and improved antiproliferative agents, one of the strategies is the combination of bioactive ligands and metals that are already consolidated in the synthesis of metallopharmaceutical agents. Thus, this work deals with the synthesis, characterization, and study of naproxen (Nap)-based complexes of copper(II) and platinum(II) as antiproliferative agents. The copper complex (Cu–Nap) presents a binuclear paddle-wheel structure in a 1 Cu:2 Nap:1 H2O molar composition, in which Cu(II) is bonded to the carboxylate oxygens from naproxenate in a bidentate bridging mode. The platinum complex (Pt–Nap) was identified as the square planar cis-[Pt(Nap)2(DMSO)2] isomer, in which Pt(II) is bonded to the carboxylate oxygen atom of Nap in a monodentate fashion. Both complexes were inactive against the Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains assessed. Pt–Nap presented low cytostatic behavior over a set of tumor cells, but good viability for normal cells, while Cu–Nap was cytotoxic against all cells, with a cytocidal activity against glioma tumor cells.