Drug development from marine natural products

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-85

  Molinski, Tadeusz F ^a   Dalisay, Doralyn S ^a   Lievens, Sarah L ^a,b   Saludes, Jonel P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTHRAMYCIN; ARENASTATIN A; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CRYPTOPHYCIN 52; DEHYDRODIDEMNIN B; DEXAMETHASONE; DIDEMNIN B; DISCODERMOLIDE; DOLASTATIN 10; DOXORUBICIN; ET 729; HALICHONDRIN B; IRINOTECAN; KAHALALIDE F; MORPHINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OKADAIC ACID; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; PACLITAXEL; PHOMOPSIN A; PLATINUM COMPLEX; SAFRAMYCIN A; SOBLIDOTIN; TALTOBULIN; TRABECTEDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; XESTOSPONGIN C;

ALOPECIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EWING SARCOMA; FATIGUE; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MARINE SNAIL; MELANOMA; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPONGE (PORIFERA); THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149189779     PISSN: 14741776     EISSN: 14741784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrd2487     Document Type: Review

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