1. Coral reef organisms as a potential source of anticancer agents.
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Ahmadi, Peni, Setiawan, Andi, and Tanaka, Junichi
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ALCYONACEA , *CORAL reefs & islands , *BLADDER , *ANTINEOPLASTIC agents , *CORALS - Abstract
Marine organisms, especially coral reef organisms, are known to be excellent resources for developing bioactive molecules into possible drug lead, such as anticancer agents. The purpose of this research is to discover bioactive compounds, especially anticancer agents. We collected a total of 245 specimens of coral organisms which consisted of 141 sponges, 78 seaweeds, 9 soft corals, and 17 others (tunicates, bryozoans, cyanobacteria, and some unidentified organisms). The resulted extracts, which consisted of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and methanol (MeOH) extracts, from those organisms were then screened for their anticancer activity against NBT-T2 (urinary bladder) cells using an MTT assay. The screening results indicated that EtOAc extracts at a concentration of 10 µg/mL from the sponges (45%) are most likely to contain cytotoxic compounds, followed by soft coral and seaweed extracts with percentages of 22% and 14%, respectively. While MeOH extracts at a concentration of 10 µg/mL did not show a significant percentage of anticancer activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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