Crassin acetate, the principal antineoplastic agent in four gorgonians of the Pseudoplexaura genus.
Crassin acetate, a lactonic cembrane diterpene, has been shown to be the principal antineoplastic agent present in the marine invertebrates (gorgonians) Pseudoplexaura porosa, P. flagellosa, P. wagenaari and P. crucis.
D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001681:Biological Assay; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000032:analysis*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D013045:Species Specificity
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004224:Diterpenes