作者: Loh Teng-Hern Tan , Kok-Gan Chan , Priyia Pusparajah , Wai-Fong Yin , Tahir Mehmood Khan
DOI: 10.1186/S12866-019-1409-7
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摘要: Background Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, with a commensurately high mortality rate. The search for novel antioxidants and specific anticancer agents which may inhibit, delay or reverse the development of colon cancer is thus an area of great interest; Streptomyces bacteria have been demonstrated to be a source of such agents. Results The extract from Streptomyces sp. MUM265—a strain which was isolated and identified from Kuala Selangor mangrove forest, Selangor, Malaysia—was …