Citotoxicity of marine cyanobacteria from the portuguese coast agains breast cancer cells

Costa, Margarida; Leão, Pedro; Ribeiro, Maria João; Costa-Rodrigues, João; Garcia, Mónica; Barros, Piedade; Fernandes, Helena; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Martins, Rosário

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Costa, Margarida

Leão, Pedro

Ribeiro, Maria João

Costa-Rodrigues, João

Abstract(s)

The marine environment possesses an unmeasured chemical and biological diversity, being considered an extraordinary resource for the discovery of new therapeutic drugs. Between others, marine cyanobacteria have emerged as a prominent source of bioactive secondary metabolites with a promising anticancer potential, as the described and intensively studied dolastatins.

Keywords

Cyanobacteria Therapeutic drugs

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/25527

Citation

Costa, M., Leão, P., Ribeiro, M. J., Costa-Rodrigues, J., Garcia, M., Barros, P., Fernandes, H., Vasconcelos, V., & Martins, R. (2012). Citotoxicity of marine cyanobacteria from the portuguese coast agains breast cancer cells. 2012, 14 th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes Abstract Book, 150.