A series of both mono-and dinuclear gold (I) phosphine complexes containing monoanionic seleno-and thiosemicarbazones as ligands were prepared and fully characterized by spectroscopic methods and, in some cases, by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The in vitro anti-malaria activity of some of these compounds was investigated in chloroquine sensitive strains of Plasmodium falciparum. The IC50 results show that the sulfur containing ...