2007
DOI: 10.1039/b515619j
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Anticancer drugs from nature—natural products as a unique source of new microtubule-stabilizing agents

Abstract: This review article provides an overview on the current state of research in the area of microtubule-stabilizing agents from natural sources, with a primary focus on the biochemistry, biology, and pharmacology associated with these compounds. A variety of natural products have been discovered over the last decade to inhibit human cancer cell proliferation through a taxol-like mechanism. These compounds represent a whole new range of structurally diverse lead structures for anticancer drug discovery.

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“…Nowadays, PTX is one of the most important anticancer drugs and is used clinically for the treatment of ovarian, breast, and non-small cell lung cancer, as well as AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma [78] . After PTX, many other MT-stabilizing agents have been discovered and are at different stages of clinical development.…”
Section: Taxol Binding Sitementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nowadays, PTX is one of the most important anticancer drugs and is used clinically for the treatment of ovarian, breast, and non-small cell lung cancer, as well as AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma [78] . After PTX, many other MT-stabilizing agents have been discovered and are at different stages of clinical development.…”
Section: Taxol Binding Sitementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Colchicine, the first drug known to bind to the tubulin protein [1,2], inhibits microtubule formation and causes loss of cellular microtubules. In contrast, paclitaxel and its analogues actually promote microtubule polymer formation [3][4][5], albeit by acting at a different site on tubulin than colchicine. A variety of small molecules with diverse molecular scaffolds have been shown to bind tubulin at the colchicine site [6][7][8][9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Taxaceae). 7 Esse mostrou excelente atividade anticancerígena in vitro e em 1977 começaram os testes pré-clínicos pelo Instituto Nacional do Câncer dos Estados Unidos (NCI).…”
Section: Figura 4 Vimblastina Com Anel Piperidínico Em Conformação Cunclassified
“…Moléculas que atuam pelo último mecanismo citado representam grupo das substâncias mais atrativas e promissoras como anticancerígenas de aplicação clínica para grande variedade de câncer, sendo o paclitaxel (Taxol ® ) o principal representante dessa classe. 7 O câncer é um importante problema de saúde pública para países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento, sendo que nestes últimos são diagnosticados 55% dos 10 milhões de novos casos por ano. 8 Esta enfermidade é responsável por mais de 7,6 milhões de óbitos por ano, o que representa 13% de todas as causas de morte do mundo.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified