Integrated experimental and computational evaluation of atractylenolide III from Tubipora musica for anticancer lead identification

Hamada A. A. Noreldeen · 2026

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Hamada Noreldeen writes a 2026 study on a coral compound as a cancer lead. Liver cancer causes many deaths each year and needs gentler new drugs. A compound called atractylenolide III was taken from the marine coral Tubipora musica and tested on liver cancer cells.

In lab tests, the compound killed cancer cells in a dose-linked way and cut cell survival sharply at higher doses. Computer docking across many cancer-linked proteins pointed to one strong partner on immune cells. Shape modeling then found a related compound with even stronger binding and good drug-like traits. The author frames the work as a guide for later animal and mechanism studies, not proof of a cure.

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CREATORHamada A. A. Noreldeen
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE53 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13558756

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