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ReviewMarine drugs2024

Asteroid Saponins: A Review of Their Bioactivity and Selective Cytotoxicity.

Stuart J Smith, Tianfang Wang, Scott F Cummins

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Review in Marine drugs, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Marine natural products.Natural product reports · 2026
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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

3 authors.

Stuart J SmithCentre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore BC, QLD 4558, Australia.ORCID 0009-0002-3656-2673
Tianfang WangCentre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore BC, QLD 4558, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4876-7767
Scott F CumminsCentre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore BC, QLD 4558, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1454-2076

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saponins are a diverse class of secondary metabolites that are often reported to exhibit a variety of pharmacological applications. While research into the elucidation and application of plant and class Holothuroidea-derived saponins (i.e., sea cucumbers) is extensive, the class Asteroidea-derived saponins (i.e., seastars) have been largely overlooked and primarily limited to elucidation. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the cytotoxic activities of asteroid-derived saponins against various cell cultures, for instance, mammalian erythrocytes, multiple microbial strains and cancer cell lines, including melanoma, breast, colon, and lung cancers. Highlighting the distinct structural variations in these saponins, this review examines their selective cytotoxicity and potency, with many demonstrating IC

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsSaponinsAnimalsAnti-Infective AgentsCell Line, TumorErythrocytesHumansSea CucumbersAnti-Infective AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsSaponinsasteroidsbioactivitynatural productssaponins

Identifiers

PMID39728127
PMCPMC11679803

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