Title:Marine-derived Natural Products as Anticancer Agents
Volume: 19
Issue: 6
Author(s): Nancy Saini, Ritika Sirohi, Anuradha A., Neetu Saini, Pankaj Wadhwa, Paranjeet Kaur, Vikas Sharma, Gurdeep Singh, Iqubal Singh and Sanjeev Kumar Sahu*
Affiliation:
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
Keywords:
Anticancer, marine drugs, natural, anti-cancer, anti-prostate, marine compounds.
Abstract: Cancer is a deadly human disease on the rise due to changes in lifestyle, nutrition, and
global warming. Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled, disordered, and undesired cell division.
About 60% of cancer medicines approved by the FDA are made from natural ingredients. Intensive
efforts over the last decade to better understand the vast chemical diversity provided by marine life
have resulted in an intriguing "marine pipeline" of potential anticancer clinical and preclinical treatments.
The molecular targets of marine products as anticancer drugs, as well as different reported
compounds acting on distinct targets, are the topic of this review.