Marine organisms as a source of new anticancer agents
Marine organisms as a source of new anticancer agents
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England: Elsevier Ltd
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English
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England: Elsevier Ltd
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Various active anticancer agents are derived from plants and terrestrial microorganisms. The isolation of C-nucleosides from the Caribbean sponge, Cryptotheca crypta, four decades ago, provided the basis for the synthesis of cytarabine, the first marine-derived anticancer agent to be developed for clinical use. Cytarabine is currently used in the r...
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Marine organisms as a source of new anticancer agents
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71327597
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71327597
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1470-2045
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1474-5488
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10.1016/S1470-2045(00)00292-8
