- Title
- Anti-oesophageal cancer activity in extracts of deep-water Marion Island sponges
- Creator
- Davies-Coleman, Michael T
- Creator
- Froneman, P William
- Creator
- Keyzers, Robert A
- Creator
- Whibley, Catherine
- Creator
- Hendricks, Denver T
- Creator
- Samaai, Toufiek
- Creator
- McQuaid, Christopher D
- Date Issued
- 2005
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:6569
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004132
- Description
- 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.
- Format
- 2 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- 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.
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