Anti-oesophageal cancer activity in extracts of deep-water Marion Island sponges

Title: Anti-oesophageal cancer activity in extracts of deep-water Marion Island sponges
Creator: Davies-Coleman, Michael T, Froneman, P William, Keyzers, Robert A, Whibley, Catherine, Hendricks, Denver T, Samaai, Toufiek, McQuaid, Christopher D
Date: 2005
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6569
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004132
Description: Oesophageal cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths in South African black males. The limited efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents to treat this disease has prompted a search for potential new chemical entities with anticancer properties. We report here on the evidence for anti-oesophageal cancer activity in the methanolic extracts of five species of sponges dredged from a depth of approximately 100 m in the vicinity of Marion Island in the Southern Ocean during the autumn of 2004.
Format: 2 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Davies-Coleman, M.T. and Froneman, P.W. and Keyzers, R.A. and Whibley, C. and Hendricks, D. and Samaal, T. and McQuaid, C.D. (2005) Anti-oesophageal cancer activity in extracts of deep-water Marion Island sponges. South African Journal of Science, 101 (11 & 12). pp. 489-490.

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Davies-Coleman, Michael Trevor (Prof)

Froneman, Pierre William (Prof)

McQuaid, Christopher D (Distinguished Professor)

RU Department of Chemistry

SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being

RU Department of Zoology and Entomology

SDG 14. Life Below Water

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