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

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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.

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1. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/350/1/sajs_davies_coleman_anti_oesophageal_cancer.pdf
2. 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. ISSN 0038-2353

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:Rhodes/oai:eprints.ru.ac.za:350
Date	12 1900
Creators	Davies-Coleman, M.T., Froneman, P.W., Keyzers, R.A., Whibley, C., Hendricks, D., Samaal, T., McQuaid, C.D.
Source Sets	Rhodes University SA
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, PeerReviewed
Format	application/pdf
Relation	http://eprints.ru.ac.za/350/