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Título del libro: Bioactive Compounds From Natural Sources: Natural Products As Lead Compounds In Drug Discovery, Second Edition
Título del capítulo: Recent advances in the search of novel calmodulin inhibitors from selected mexican plants and fungi

Autores UNAM:
RACHEL MATA ESSAYAG; MARIO ALBERTO FIGUEROA SALDIVAR; ISABEL DEL CARMEN RIVERO CRUZ; MARTIN GONZALEZ ANDRADE;
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Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2011
Resumen:

A mega-diverse country like Mexico, rich in organisms not yet explored, offers excellent prospects for the discovery of new bioactive compounds. Potentially, these organisms are sources of novel chemical entities representing appropriate templates for the development of new drugs and pesticide agents. Therefore, a few years ago, we initiated a program to discover new calmodulin (CaM) inhibitors from natural sources considering that agents that inhibit its regulatory properties might play an important role in the development of new chemotherapeutic agents for treating several diseases. For example, recent findings have shown that most cancers are associated with elevated levels of calcium-bound CaM (Ca2+-CaM) and that CaM antagonists inhibit tumor cell invasion in vitro and metastasis in vivo (Shim et al. 2007). Then, CaM is an important target for the development of new anticancer agents. © 2012 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.


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