Novel Marine Secondary Metabolites Worthy of Development as Anticancer Agents: A Review.

ABSTRACT: Secondary metabolites from marine sources have a wide range of biological activity. Marine natural products are promising candidates for lead pharmacological compounds to treat diseases that plague humans, including cancer. Cancer is a life-threatening disorder that has been difficult to overcome. It is a long-term illness that affects both young and old people. In recent years, significant attempts have been made to identify new anticancer drugs, as the existing drugs have been useless due to resistance of the malignant cells. Natural products derived from marine sources have been tested for their anticancer activity using a variety of cancer cell lines derived from humans and other sources, some of which have already been approved for clinical use, while some others are still being teste

SUBMITTER: Mbaoji FN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8510081 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature