Evaluation of the anti-cancer potential of amphidinol 2, a polyketide metabolite from the marine dinoflagellate Amphidinium klebsii

• Main Authors: Espiritu, Rafael A., Tan, Maria Carmen S., Oyong, Glenn G.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Dinoflagellates—Therapeutic use; Polyketides; Cancer—Treatment; Apoptosis; Cell-mediated cytotoxicity; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1635
• Institution: De La Salle University

The increasing incidence of new cancer cases and the appearance of cancer cells resistant towards standard chemotherapeutic drugs have prompted active research on finding novel compounds with promising anti-cancer properties. In this regard, marine organisms could provide interesting and unique comp...