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NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 328-347Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4np00051j
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA070375] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA070375] Funding Source: Medline
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The ecteinascidin family comprises a number of biologically active compounds, containing two to three tetrahydroisoquinoline subunits. Although isolated from marine tunicates, these compounds share a common pentacyclic core with several antimicrobial compounds found in terrestrial bacteria. Among the tetrahydroisoquinoline natural products, ecteinascidin 743 (Et-743) stands out as the most potent antitumor antibiotics that it is recently approved for treatment of a number of soft tissue sarcomas. In this article, we will review the backgrounds, the mechanism of action, the biosynthesis, and the synthetic studies of Et-743. Also, the development of Et-743 as an antitumor drug is discussed.
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