An ocean of possibilities: a review of marine organisms as sources of nanoparticles for cancer care

Seas and oceans have been explored for the last 70 years in search of new compounds that can support the battle against cancer. Marine polysaccharides can act as nanomaterials for medical applications and marine-derived bioactive compounds can be applied for the biosynthesis of metallic and nonmetal...

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Published in:Nanomedicine (London, England) England), 2022-09, Vol.17 (22), p.1695-1719
Main Authors: Püsküllüoğlu, Mirosława, Michalak, Izabela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic Organisms
cancer
Drug Carriers - therapeutic use
Humans
marine-based compounds
molecular pathways
nanomedicine
nanooncology
Nanoparticles
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Oceans and Seas
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Summary:Seas and oceans have been explored for the last 70 years in search of new compounds that can support the battle against cancer. Marine polysaccharides can act as nanomaterials for medical applications and marine-derived bioactive compounds can be applied for the biosynthesis of metallic and nonmetallic nanoparticles. Nanooncology can be used in numerous fields including diagnostics, serving as drug carriers or acting as drugs. This review focuses on marine-derived nanoparticles with potential oncological applications. It classifies organisms used for nanoparticle production, explains the production process, presents different types of nanoparticles with prospective applications in oncology, describes the molecular pathways responsible for numerous nanomedicine applications, tags areas of nanoparticle implementation in oncology and speculates about future directions.
ISSN:1743-5889
1748-6963
DOI:10.2217/nnm-2022-0206