2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Search for the biologically active substances from the marine invertebrates in the Caribbean
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15404010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Chemistry related to living body
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUKAMOTO Sachiko Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Associate Professor, 自然科学研究科, 助教授 (40192190)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Keywords | biological activity / marine invertebrates / drug discovery / Caribbean |
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| Research Abstract |
The marine environment has proven to be a rich source of extremely potent compounds that have demonstrated significant activities in antitumor, antiinflammatory, analgesia, immunomodulation, allergy, and antiviral assays. Especially, the marine invertebrates in the Caribbean afforded the variety of compounds. Among them ecteinascidin 743 was known to be an antitumor compound. In this project we collected marine invertebrates in the Caribbean and prepared samples for screening of drug discovery.
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Research Products
(8 results)
