Cytotoxic compounds from marine actinomycetes: sources, structures and bioactivity

• Main Authors: Ziyan Qiu (Author), Yinshuang Wu (Author), Kunyan Lan (Author), Shiyi Wang (Author), Huilin Yu (Author), Yufei Wang (Author), Cong Wang (Author), Shugeng Cao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Compuscript Ltd, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Marine actinomycetes produce a substantial number of natural products with cytotoxic activity. Actinomycete strains have been isolated from sources including fishes, coral, sponges, seaweeds, mangroves and sediments. These cytotoxic compounds can be broadly categorized into four classes: polyketides...