Anticancer Activities of Surfactin and Potential Application of Nanotechnology Assisted Surfactin Delivery

• Main Authors: Yuan-Seng Wu (Author), Siew-Ching Ngai (Author), Bey-Hing Goh (Author), Kok-Gan Chan (Author), Learn-Han Lee (Author), Lay-Hong Chuah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Surfactin, a cyclic lipopeptide biosurfactant produced by various strains of Bacillus genus, has been shown to induce cytotoxicity against many cancer types, such as Ehrlich ascites, breast and colon cancers, leukemia and hepatoma. Surfactin treatment can inhibit cancer progression by growth inhibit...