(+)-Discodermolide: a Marine Natural Product Against Cancer

Authors: De Souza, M.V.N. Source: The Scientific World Journal, v. 4, p. 415-436, 2004. Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation Abstract (+)-Discodermolide was isolated in 1990 by Gunasekera et al. from the deep-water Caribbean sponge Discodermia dissoluta. It attacks cancer cells in a similar way to the successful cancer drug Taxol® that has become the best-selling anticancer […]