title: Efficacy of selected natural products as therapeutic agents against cancer.
abstract: With emerging sophistication in the exploration of ocean environment, a number of marine bioactive products have been identified with promising anticancer activity. Many of these are in active phase I or phase II clinical trials or have been terminated because of adverse side effects, mainly hematological in nature. Nonetheless, the information derived has aided enormously in providing leads for laboratory synthesis with modifications in the parent structure affecting compound solubility, absorption, and toxicity, resulting in less severe toxicity while achieving maximum efficacy in smaller doses. We describe herein, a few of the compounds obtained from marine and terrestrial sources [bryostatin 1 ( 1), dolastatin 10 ( 2), auristatin PE ( 3), and combretastatin A4 ( 4)] that have been extensively investigated in our laboratory and continue to be investigated for their sensitization effects with other cytotoxic agents in several different site-specific tumors employing murine models or human subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mussop
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammad
authors.forename: Fazlul H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Ramzi M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Mohammad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001688:Biological Products / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054713:Bryostatins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D047630:Depsipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001688:Biological Products; D054713:Bryostatins; D047630:Depsipeptides; D009842:Oligopeptides; D013267:Stilbenes; D013844:Thiazoles; C046785:bryostatin 1; C032227:dolastatin 1; C105791:soblidotin; C058728:fosbretabulin