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  2. A concise review on marine bromopyrrole alkaloids as anticancer agents

A concise review on marine bromopyrrole alkaloids as anticancer agents

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2023 Jan 15:80:129102. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2022.129102.
Safia Mahamed 1 Raeesa Motal 1 Titus Govender 1 Nompilo Dlamini 1 Kwanele Khuboni 1 Zamahlubi Hadeb 1 Baji Baba Shaik 1 Kimeshni Moodley 1 Sachin Balaso Mohite 1 Rajshekhar Karpoormath 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville), Durban 4000, South Africa.
  • 2 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville), Durban 4000, South Africa. Electronic address: Karpoormath@ukzn.ac.za.
Abstract

Natural Products have been the most important sources of chemically diverse raw Materials that have inspired pharmaceutical discoveries over the past few decades. Many pharmaceutical companies are utilizing plant extracts to develop relatively crude therapeutic formulations. The interesting chemicals identified as Natural Products are derived from the phenomenon of biodiversity, where the interactions between the organisms and their environment formulate the diverse and complex chemical entities within them that enhance their survival and competitiveness. Marine sponges are rich sources of Natural Products and have provided an infinite supply of bioactive metabolites. Bromopyrrole Alkaloids are a good example of marine metabolites, have a broad range of biological activity, and represent a fascinating example of chemical diversity of secondary metabolites elaborated by marine invertebrates. The isolation and synthesis of this structural class have been investigated, resulting in a series of bromopyrrole Alkaloids with potential lead hits. This review presents the detailed isolation and Anticancer activity of marine bromopyrrole Alkaloids, and will be of interest to the wider research community both in academic and industrial settings.

Keywords

Anticancer activity; Bromopyrrole alkaloids; Marine sponges; Natural products.

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