Investigation of Vietnamese plants for potential anticancer agents.
Higher plants continue to afford humankind with many new drugs, for a variety of disease types. In this review, recent phytochemical and biological progress is presented for part of a collaborative multi-institutional project directed towards the discovery of new antitumor agents. The specific focus is on bioactive natural products isolated and characterized structurally from tropical plants collected in Vietnam. The plant collection, identification, and processing steps are described, and the natural products isolated from these species are summarized with their biological activities.
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Lynette Bueno
LB
Pérez
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Patrick C
PC
Still
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
C Benjamin
CB
Naman
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Yulin
Y
Ren
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Li
L
Pan
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Hee-Byung
HB
Chai
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Esperanza J
EJ
Carcache de Blanco
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tran Ngoc
TN
Ninh
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Bui
B
Van Thanh
College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Steven M
SM
Swanson
College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Department of Botany, Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
Djaja D
DD
Soejarto
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
A Douglas
AD
Kinghorn
Anticancer agents; Natural products; Tropical plants; Vietnam