Novos produtos naturais capazes de atuar na estabilização de microtúbulos, um importante alvo no combate ao câncer
Microtubules are involved in many aspects of cellular biology and represent an important target of anticancer chemotherapeutics. In the past five years, novel natural products such as epothilones, discodermolide, sarcodictyin, eleutherobin, and laulimalide, all of which have biological activities similar to those of paclitaxel (Taxol<FONT FACE=Symbol>â</FONT>), have been discovered. Taxol<FONT FACE=Symbol>â</FONT> is an important antitumor drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of ovarian, breast and non-small-cell lung carcinomas and became the first natural product described that stabilized microtubules avoiding the cellular replication. The present article reports new natural products that are able to act on the stabilization of microtubules.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2004
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422004000200022 |
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