Anticancer Drugs Sourced from Marine Life

Anticancer Potential of Marine Plants

Author(s): Ramasamy Santhanam*, Santhanam Ramesh*, Subbiah Balasundari* and Sheba R. David * .

Pp: 46-112 (67)

DOI: 10.2174/9789815256055124010006

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

This chapter identifies the potential species of the various groups of marine plants such as microalgae (microscopic green algae, blue-green algae, golden-brown, and yellow algae, yellow-green algae and dinoflagellates and red alga), macroalgae or seaweeds viz. green algae, brown algae and red algae), seagrasses, mangrove plants, and halophytes; and their anticancer compounds with the mechanism of actions.

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