Breast cancer, which is common in women, is the second most common cause of cancer-
related deaths after lung cancer. Colon cancer has the highest mortality rate and the fourth …

This chapter describes anthraquinones, their structure, and their occurrence in foods such
as plants, fermented products, and insects. Anthraquinones constitute a large group of …

Marine natural products are important resources for discovering novel anticancer drugs. In
this study, an extract prepared from the culture of a sea anemone-derived actinomycete …

Background: Exploration of antibiotics from microorganisms became widespread in the
academia and the industry with the serendipitous discovery of Penicillin from Penicillium …

Cancer is a deadly human disease on the rise due to changes in lifestyle, nutrition, and
global warming. Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled, disordered, and undesired cell …

Cancer remains a major public health problem in our society. The development of potent
novel anti-cancer drugs selective for tumor cells is therefore still required. Deregulation of …

Objectives Escherichia coli is an important pathogen responsible for numerous cases of
diarrhoea worldwide. The bioreductive agent tirapazamine (TPZ), which was clinically used …

Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) have been reported to have activities in many
types of cancer cells by inhibiting Cdk7 and Cdk9, which control transcription. SNS-032 is a …

Many metabolites with novel structures and biological activities have been isolated from the
mangrove fungi in the South China Sea, such as anthracenediones, xyloketals …

Olfactory receptors (ORs) account for 49% of all G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs),
which are important targets for drug discovery, and hence ORs may also be potential drug …