He also stated that fifty per cent of all current cancer research is exploring the benefits of
chemical compounds isolated from species found on coral reefs.
Lutz and Falkowski cite one study where unique
chemical compounds isolated from an actinomycete strain inhabiting deep - sea sediments about 3.3 kilometers down in the South China Sea have shown potent activities against three cancerous tumor cell lines and also showed antibacterial activities.
Not exact matches
They then
isolated the active
compounds, studied their
chemical structures and engineered more potent derivatives.
The researchers then
isolated A. annua's active ingredient (a crystalline
compound called qinghaosu, or in
chemical registries, artemisinin) and tested it in humans.
With the recent success of identifying selective inhibitors targeting CSCs, we believe that the newly
isolated cycling hypoxia - selected subpopulation may present a new opportunity for
chemical screening and discovery of
compounds with selective toxicity for metastatic breast CSCs.