Natural and redesigned wasp venom peptides with selective antitumoral activity

• Marcelo D. T. Torres,
• Gislaine P. Andrade,
• Roseli H. Sato,
• Cibele N. Pedron,
• Tania M. Manieri,
• Giselle Cerchiaro,
• Anderson O. Ribeiro,
• Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez and
• Vani X. Oliveira Jr.

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1693–1703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.144

• of selective anticancer peptide therapeutics. Keywords: breast cancer; decoralin; MCF-7 cells; peptide design; selective anticancer peptides; structure–activity relationships; Introduction Approximately 12% of U.S. women develop breast cancer according to the U.S. Breast Cancer website (http