“…Since its discovery by Agtarap et al (1), the natural polyether ionophorous antibiotic monensin still attracts attention due to its strong coccidiostatic and antibacterial properties (1,6,11,16,31,34). Recently the interest to its biological activity has been raised significantly by the data concerning its ability to decrease the viability and proliferation of cell lines established from malignancies such as leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, renal cell carcinoma, cancers of the colon, breast, uterine cervix, etc.…”