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. 2021 Jun 15;19(6):342. doi: 10.3390/md19060342

Table 1.

Commercial marine-derived compounds.

Compound Name Marine Organism Chemical Class Molecular Target
(Target Hallmarks)
Cancer Type References
Crytarabine Sponge Nucleoside DNA polymerase Leukemia [8,9,10,11]
Eribulin mesylate Sponge Macrolide Microtubules Metastatic breast cancer [8,9,12,13]
Brentuximab vedotin Mollusk/
cyanobacterium
ADC
(MMAE)
CD30 and microtubules Anaplastic large T-cell systemic malignant lymphoma, Hodgkin disease [8,14,15]
Trabectedin Tunicate Alkaloid Minor groove of DNA Soft tissue sarcoma and ovarian cancer [8,16,17,18]
Plitidepsin Tunicate Dipsipetide eEF1A2 Multiple myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma [8,19,20,21,22]
Polatuzumab vedotin Mollusk/cyanobacterium ADC
(MMAF)
CD76b and microtubules Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, lymphoma, B-cell lymphoma, folicular [8,23,24]
Enfortumab vedotin Mollusk/cyanobacterium ADC
(MMAE)
Nectin-4 Metastatic urothelial cancer [8,25]
Belantamab mafodotin Mollusk/cyanobacterium ADC
(MMAF)
BCMA Relapsed/refractory
multiple myeloma
[8,26]
Lurbinectedin Tunicate Alkaloid RNA polymerase II Metastatic small-cell
lung cancer
[8,27,28,29,30]