The focus of the 22nd Annual Detroit Cancer Symposium was the presentation and discussion of cytotoxic agents with a significant portion of the symposium including the exciting frontiers of drug discovery being explored by the National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups... Lees meer.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s taxol was hailed for its efficacy as an anticancer drug while becoming embroiled in a number of political issues with wide policy implications. This book tells the story of this product. Taxol is arguably the most celebrated ta... Lees meer.

In the present study a comparison was made between different extractions methods for anticancer drug Vinblastine from Catharanthus roseus. Extraction was carried out by using two different methods i.e. Microwave Assisted Extraction MAE and Soxhlet Extraction using et... Lees meer.

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This study of advanced and future types of natural compounds from marine sources is written to facilitate the understanding of Biotechnology and its application to marine natural product drug discovery research. This timely desk reference focuses on marine-derived bioa... Lees meer.

This book provides an up-to-date review of recently identified natural anti-tumor compounds from various natural origins including plants fungi endophytic fungi and marine organisms. It also includes discussion of new areas such as biotechnology and nanoparticles. Cha... Lees meer.

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We are in an exciting era in the war against cancer with real prospects for novel anticancer drugs that are cancer cell-specific without the toxicities that have been the hallmark of conventional cytotoxic cancer chemotherapy. With many potential molecular targets of... Lees meer.

The book provides current knowledge and research on the presence and effects of anticancer drug residues in the aqueous environment and covers all relevant aspects of the presence of these residues in wastewaters and natural aquatic systems where numerous analogies bet... Lees meer.

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Most of the anti-cancer drugs in use today were discovered by happy accident rather than design yet the rational design of better anti-cancer drugs remains a cherished goal and one of the most important challenges facing medical science. This book represents a compila... Lees meer.

While drug therapies developed in the last 50 years have markedly improved the management of some types of cancers treatment outcomes and drug side-effects for the most common types remain unacceptable. However recent technological advances are leading to improved th... Lees meer.

Here in a single source is a complete spectrum of ideas on the development of new anticancer drugs. Containing concise reviews of multidisciplinary fields of research this book offers a wealth of ideas on current and future molecular targets for drug design including... Lees meer.

Cancer is a leading cause of death these days which require chemotherapeutic drugs for treatment. Although various chemotherapeutic agents have been developed still there is no successful treatment against multidrug resistance acquired by the cancer cells due to high P... Lees meer.

This book describes the status of clinical trials related to siRNA-based cancer therapy as well as the remaining issues that need to be overcome to establish a successful therapy. It then introduces various promising design strategies of delivery vehicles for stable a... Lees meer.