BIOACTIVE COMPOUND(S) FROM MARINE GASTROPOD MOLLUSC (TELESCOPIUM TELESCOPIUM) AS POTENTIAL ANTICANCER/ ANTIPROLIFERATIVE AGENTS

摘要

The present invention relates to bioactive molecules isolated from the glandular extract of the spermatheca and/or ovotestis from the marine gastropod mollusk, Telescopium telescopium that shows a promising and significant result as potent anticancer agent in experimental tumor bearing mice. The present invention also relates to identification of glands of the marine gastropod mollusk, isolation of the bioactive compound(s) from the glandular extract of the spermatheca and/ or ovotestis of the marine gastropod mollusk and partial characterization of the bioactive compound(s) present in the extract herein referred as TBC.