Recent studies on natural products as anticancer agents

Ángel G. Ravelo; Ana Estévez-Braun; Haydee Chávez-Orellana; Elisa Pérez-Sacau; Dulce Mesa-Siverio

doi:10.2174/1568026043451500

Recent studies on natural products as anticancer agents

Ángel G. Ravelo
, Ana Estévez-Braun
, Haydee Chávez-Orellana
, Elisa Pérez-Sacau
, Dulce Mesa-Siverio

University of La Laguna

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Abstract

Cancer will be the major cause of death in the 21st century and natural products should provide novel and more effective anticancer agents. This review deals with new natural molecules liable to become anticancer drugs, as well as recent specific strategies for a selective treatment of cancer. The introduction presents the current state of the art on anticancer research. Beside, in the following subheadings we summarize our research on cytotoxic natural quinone methide-triperpenes and their analogues. We also discuss our results on the anti-tumour promoting activity of natural naphthoquinones and their derivatives.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-265
Number of pages	25
Journal	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/1568026043451500
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

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