Camptothecin and taxol: From discovery to clinic

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 239-254

  Wall, Monroe E ^a   Wani, Mansukh C ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer agents; Camptothecin; Isolation guided by bioassay; Secondary metabolites; Taxol

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; CISPLATIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OVARY CANCER; SOLID TUMOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VOMITING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029971797     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(95)01367-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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