Marine natural products: A source of novel anticancer drugs

SAM Khalifa, N Elias, MA Farag, L Chen, A Saeed… - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer remains one of the most lethal diseases worldwide. There is an urgent need for new
drugs with novel modes of action and thus considerable research has been conducted for …

Marine cyanobacteria and microalgae metabolites—A rich source of potential anticancer drugs

A Mondal, S Bose, S Banerjee, JK Patra, J Malik… - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is at present one of the utmost deadly diseases worldwide. Past efforts in cancer
research have focused on natural medicinal products. Over the past decades, a great deal of …

Anticancer drugs from marine flora: An overview

N Sithranga Boopathy, K Kathiresan - Journal of oncology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Marine floras, such as bacteria, actinobacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, microalgae, seaweeds,
mangroves, and other halophytes are extremely important oceanic resources, constituting …

Fucoidans in nanomedicine

L Chollet, P Saboural, C Chauvierre, JN Villemin… - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Fucoidans are widespread cost-effective sulfated marine polysaccharides which have raised
interest in the scientific community over last decades for their wide spectrum of bioactivities …

Fucoidans: Pro-or antiangiogenic agents?

NE Ustyuzhanina, MI Bilan, NA Ushakova… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Sulfated polysaccharides of brown algae (fucoidans) attract great attention due to their high
and strongly diversified biological activity. This review summarizes recent data on the …

Fucoidan from Fucus vesiculosus inhibits new blood vessel formation and breast tumor growth in vivo

C Oliveira, S Granja, NM Neves, RL Reis… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fucoidan is a marine-origin sulfated polysaccharide that can show anticancer activity, to
which both pro-and anti-angiogenic responses have been reported. Due to this …

Skeletonema marinoi Extracts and Associated Carotenoid Fucoxanthin Downregulate Pro-Angiogenic Mediators on Prostate Cancer and Endothelial Cells

L Calabrone, V Carlini, DM Noonan, M Festa… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The exploration of natural preventive molecules for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical use
has recently increased. In this scenario, marine microorganisms represent an …

A dendritic cell-recruiting, antimicrobial blood clot hydrogel for melanoma recurrence prevention and infected wound management

WS Liu, ZM Lu, XH Pu, XY Li, HQ Zhang, ZZ Zhang… - Biomaterials, 2025 - Elsevier
Surgical resection, the mainstay for melanoma treatment, faces challenges due to high
tumor recurrence rates and complex postoperative wound healing. Chronic inflammation …

Antibacterial activity of a sulfated galactan extracted from the marine alga Chaetomorpha aerea against Staphylococcus aureus

G Pierre, V Sopena, C Juin, A Mastouri… - Biotechnology and …, 2011 - Springer
The in vitro antimicrobial activity of the marine green algae Chaetomorpha aerea was
investigated against gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria, and a fungus. The …

Prospects for the therapeutic application of sulfated polysaccharides of brown algae in diseases of the cardiovascular system

T Zaporozhets, N Besednova - Pharmaceutical biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Fucoidans are water-soluble, highly sulfated, branched homo-and hetero-
polysaccharides derived from the fibrillar cell walls and intercellular spaces of brown …