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ReviewMarine drugs2019

Marine Natural Products: A Source of Novel Anticancer Drugs.

Shaden A M Khalifa, Nizar Elias, Mohamed A Farag, Lei Chen, Aamer Saeed, Mohamed-Elamir F Hegazy, Moustafa S Moustafa, Aida Abd El-Wahed, Saleh M Al-Mousawi, Syed G Musharraf and 6 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Marine drugs, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 235 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
235citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
46.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

235 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 543 citations in OpenAlex.

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175 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 12 institutions in 9 countries.

Shaden A M KhalifaClinical Research Centre, Karolinska University Hospital, Novum, 14157 Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nizar EliasDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kalamoon, P.O. Box 222 Dayr Atiyah, Syria.
Mohamed A FaragPharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr el Aini St., P.B. 11562 Cairo, Egypt.
Lei ChenCollege of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
Aamer SaeedDepartment of Chemitry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-7112-9296
Mohamed-Elamir F HegazyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Moustafa S MoustafaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kuwait, 13060 Safat, Kuwait.
Aida Abd El-WahedDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kuwait, 13060 Safat, Kuwait.
Saleh M Al-MousawiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kuwait, 13060 Safat, Kuwait.
Syed G MusharrafH.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
Fang-Rong ChangGraduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-2549-4193
Arihiro IwasakiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3775-5066
Kiyotake SuenagaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5343-5890
Muaaz AlajlaniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biology/Pharmacognosy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of HalleWittenberg, Hoher Weg 8, DE 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Ulf GöranssonPharmacognosy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 574, SE-75 123 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5005-9612
Hesham R El-SeediPharmacognosy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 574, SE-75 123 Uppsala, Sweden. hesham.el-seedi@ilk.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-2519-6690
Kuwait University · KWKeio University · JPUppsala University · SECairo University · EGFujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CNJiangsu University · CNJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEKaohsiung Medical University · TWKarolinska University Hospital · SEQuaid-i-Azam University · PKUniversity of Kalamoon · SYUniversity of Karachi · PK

Funding

Uppsala University Swedish Research links grant 2016-05885 (VR for the years 2017 - 2019)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 new anticancer drugs from natural sources, especially plants, microbes and marine organisms. Marine populations represent reservoirs of novel bioactive metabolites with diverse groups of chemical structures. This review highlights the impact of marine organisms, with particular emphasis on marine plants, algae, bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, sponges and soft corals. Anti-cancer effects of marine natural products in in vitro and in vivo studies were first introduced; their activity in the prevention of tumor formation and the related compound-induced apoptosis and cytotoxicities were tackled. The possible molecular mechanisms behind the biological effects are also presented. The review highlights the diversity of marine organisms, novel chemical structures, and chemical property space. Finally, therapeutic strategies and the present use of marine-derived components, its future direction and limitations are discussed.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAquatic OrganismsBiological ProductsClinical Trials as TopicDisease Models, AnimalHumansNeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsBiological Productsanticancerantitumorclinical trialscytotoxicdrugsmarinemicroorganismplants

Identifiers

PMID31443597
PMCPMC6780632
OpenAlexW2969876208

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