Curing childhood cancer the "Natural" Way : Nature as the source of chemotherapy agents

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For many centuries, products of natural origin from plants, marine, microbes and soil micro-organisms have been studied by numerous researchers across the world to yield many of the chemotherapeutic agents we use in this modern era. There has been a tremendous gain in knowledge from various screening and separating techniques which led to the discovery of biologically active small molecules from natural products. Preclinical studies testing the antitumor activities of these agents against tumor cell lines and xenograft animal models were the gateway to the clinical trials in humans leading to the approval of these agents that are in clinical use today. This review summarizes how various chemotherapeutic agents were discovered from products of natural origin, their preclinical development, and their indications in both pediatric and adult oncology. Many of these natural products have contributed to the very high cure rates of both pediatric leukemias and solid tumors.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:213

Enthalten in:

Biochemical pharmacology - 213(2023) vom: 01. Juli, Seite 115630

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Al-Antary, Eman T [VerfasserIn]
Gupte, Avanti [VerfasserIn]
Carter, Jenna [VerfasserIn]
Kaafarani, Mirna [VerfasserIn]
Howard, Mackenzie [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Holly [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Yubin [VerfasserIn]
Taub, Jeffrey W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibiotics
Anticancer
Antineoplastic Agents
Biological Products
Journal Article
Marine
Nature
Plants
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Soil

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Date Completed 19.06.2023

Date Revised 18.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bcp.2023.115630

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NLM357653823