Open AccessIndoles as anticancer agents
Author(s) -
Mardia T. El Sayed,
Nehal A. Hamdy,
Dalia Ahmed A. Osman,
Khadiga M. Ahmed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advances in modern oncology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-7855
pISSN - 2424-7847
DOI - 10.18282/amor.v1.i1.12
Subject(s) - chemistry , pharmacology , drug , cancer research , biology
Indoles are natural products well known for their anticancer activity, which is related to their ability to induce cell death for many cancer cell lines. This review addresses indoles as natural products, mechanism of indoles, facilitated induction and recent studies with indoles and related compounds that were investigated via anticancer screening and that led to drug approval.