Marine Compounds and Cancer

Marine Compounds and Cancer

Medicine

In Western countries, cancer is among the most frequent causes of death. Despite striking advances in cancer therapy, especially by the so called “targeted agents”, there is still an urgent need for new drugs in oncology. Hope comes from the marine environment, which is a rich source of natural compounds showing anti-cancer activity. To date, four marine cytotoxic substances, namely cytarabine, trabectidine, eribulin, and monomethyl auristatin E (as a drug-antibody conjugate named vedotin) have made it into clinical routine. Many more are in all phases of clinical testing, and a plethora of substances has already been examined for in vitro and in vivo activity.

Friedemann Honecker (Ed.) --- Sergey A. Dyshlovoy (Ed.)

https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/651

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

2018

Baihaqi

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