Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1959: Coumarins and Coumarin-Related Compounds in Pharmacotherapy of Cancer

Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1959: Coumarins and Coumarin-Related Compounds in Pharmacotherapy of Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12071959 Authors: Esra Küpeli Akkol Yasin Genç Büşra Karpuz Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez Raffaele Capasso Cancer is one of the most common causes of disease-related deaths worldwide. Despite the discovery of many chemotherapeutic drugs that inhibit uncontrolled cell division processes for the treatment of various cancers, serious side effects of these drugs are a crucial disadvantage. In addition, multi-drug resistance is another important problem in anticancer treatment. Due to problems such as cytotoxicity and drug resistance, many investigations are being conducted to discover and develop effective anticancer drugs. In recent years, researchers have focused on the anticancer activity coumarins, due to their high biological activity and low toxicity. Coumarins are commonly used in the treatment of prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma and leukemia, and they also have the ability to counteract the side effects caused by radiotherapy. Both natural and synthetic coumarin derivatives draw attention due to their photochemotherapy and therapeutic applications in cancer. In this review, a compilation of various research reports on coumarins with anticancer activity and investigation and a review of structure-activity relationship studies on coumarin core are presented. Determination of important structural features around the coumarin core...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research