Abstract

A REVIEW ON THE USEFULNESS OF VARIOUS EUKARYOTIC PIGMENTS AND METABOLITES IN CANCER TREATMENT

Anirban Goutam Mukherjee, Uddesh Ramesh Wanjari* and Piyush Jagdish Balgote

Abstract

In the twenty first century, cancer has bound humanity in its shackles. Therefore various research studies are currently focussed on the development of new drugs and procedures for the treatment of cancer. Natural[1] products have always proved very fruitful in cancer research and several anti-cancer drugs have been obtained from natural products. This review focuses on the wide range of pigments and metabolites obtained from various eukaryotic sources including plants, algae, fungi, animals etc and aims to provide an idea about how they can be used as useful anti-cancer agents which may be helpful to find some innovative treatments and drugs to treat cancer.

Keywords: Natural products, eukaryotes, cancer, pigments, metabolites.