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Ecteinascidia turbinata, commonly known as the mangrove tunicate, is a species of tunicate in the family Perophoridae. [1] It was described to science in 1880 by William Abbott Herdman . The cancer drug trabectedin can be isolated from this species.
Ecteinascidia is a sea squirt genus in the family Perophoridae. [1] References This page was last edited on 26 October 2024, at 21:15 (UTC). Text is available ...
Trabectedin, sold under the brand name Yondelis, is an antitumor chemotherapy medication for the treatment of advanced soft-tissue sarcoma and ovarian cancer. [3] [4]The most common adverse reactions include nausea, fatigue, vomiting, constipation, decreased appetite, diarrhea, peripheral edema, dyspnea, and headache.
In Ecteinascidia, the only other genus in the family, there are always eight or more rows of stigmata, usually twelve to twenty rows. Other distinguishing characteristics are that Perophora has a horizontal gut loop with a short rectum and a testis with usually one, but up to four lobes, situated in the gut loop.
For example, ET-743 (INN name trabectedin, brand name Yondelis) can be isolated from the tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata with a yield of 2 g per ton. [3] This would require thousands of tons of tunicate to be grown and extracted to produce the kilograms of ET-743 that would be required for the treatment of thousands of people.
Ecteinascidia Perophora. Perophoridae is a family of sea squirts in the order Phlebobranchia. References. External links Perophoridae". Integrated Taxonomic ...
Ecteinascidia solida Herdman, 1906; Rhopalaea mutuensis Oka, 1927; Rhopalaea crassa. Rhopalaea crassa, is a species of tunicate in the family Diazonidae.
A colony of Perophora multiclathrata consists of slender, branching stolons, with unstalked zooids growing at intervals. Each zooid is 2 to 3 mm (0.08 to 0.12 in) long and has about twenty tentacles surrounding the buccal siphon, alternately long and short.