A Review Of Potential Anticancers From Antimicrobial Peptides

Khamsah Suryati, Mohd and Saravanan, Dharmaraj and Mohammed Al-Kassim, Hassan (2015) A Review Of Potential Anticancers From Antimicrobial Peptides. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 7 (4). pp. 19-26. ISSN 0975-1491 [P]

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Abstract

Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally. The drawbacks of conventional chemotherapy such as resistance, lack of specificity, severe toxicity warrant the need to explore alternative approach for the treatment of cancer. Antimicrobial peptides are part of the innate defense mechanism of all organisms and have been developed as potential alternatives in combatting infectious diseases. In addition, anticancer effects of many peptides have been reported with remarkable prospects in some in vitro studies especially on breast, cervical and lung cancer cell lines, and in vivo murine tumour xenografts. This review summarizes the reports on the activities of some selected anticancer peptides on various cancer cell lines.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Antimicrobial peptides, Anticancer/antitumour peptides, Host defense peptides
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Faculty of Bio-resources & Food Industry
Depositing User: Syahmi Manaf
Date Deposited: 13 Sep 2022 05:30
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2022 05:30
URI: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/id/eprint/6034

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