title: Anticancer and cancer preventive properties of marine polysaccharides: some results and prospects.
abstract: Many marine-derived polysaccharides and their analogues have been reported as showing anticancer and cancer preventive properties. These compounds demonstrate interesting activities and special modes of action, differing from each other in both structure and toxicity profile. Herein, literature data concerning anticancer and cancer preventive marine polysaccharides are reviewed. The structural diversity, the biological activities, and the molecular mechanisms of their action are discussed.
authors: G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Prospect 100 let Vladivostoku, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia. stonik@piboc.dvo.ru.
authors: Sergey N
authors: SN
authors: Fedorov
authors: Svetlana P
authors: SP
authors: Ermakova
authors: Tatyana N
authors: TN
authors: Zvyagintseva
authors: Valentin A
authors: VA
authors: Stonik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001688:Biological Products; D011134:Polysaccharides