| Literature DB >> 20205636 |
E-Hu Liu1, Lian-Wen Qi, Qian Wu, Yong-Bo Peng, Ping Li.
Abstract
Advances in the prevention and treatment of cancer require the continued development of novel and improved chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agents. Throughout history, natural products have afforded a rich source of anticancer agents with diverse chemical structures and bioactivities. Recent technological and methodologic advances in structure elucidation, organic synthesis, and biological assay have resulted in the isolation and clinical evaluation of various novel anticancer agents. In this review, we will present the anticancer activities, mechanism of action, structure and activity relationships of six important anticancer agents from natural products, that is, taxol, betulinic acid, camptothecin, resveratrol, podophyllotoxin and curcumin.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20205636 DOI: 10.2174/138955709790361520
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mini Rev Med Chem ISSN: 1389-5575 Impact factor: 3.862