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Medications & Natural Products Derived from Animals: Fish
This library guide examines the influence of the animal kingdom on drug design.
Loprinzi C, Levitt R, Barton D, Sloan J, Atherton P, Smith D, et al. Evaluation of shark cartilage in patients with advanced cancer: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group trial. Cancer. 2005;104(1):176-82. Article is free from publisher.
Deniau A, Mosset P, Pédrono F, Mitre R, Le Bot D, et al. Multiple beneficial health effects of natural alkylglycerols from shark liver oil. Mar Drugs. 2010;8(7):2175-84.
Alifrangis C, Stebbing J. Shark cartilage: has the popularisation of science failed?. Lancet Oncol. 2012;13(1):22. PubMed abstract. Article available via OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center.
Chesnut CH 3rd , Azria M, Silverman S, Engelhardt M, Olson M, Mindeholm L. Salmon calcitonin: a review of current and future therapeutic indications. Osteoporos Int. 2008;19(4):479-91. PubMed abstract. Article available via the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center.