Taxol from Pestalotiopsis microspora, an endophytic fungus of Taxus wallachiana

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 435-440

  Strobel, Gary ^a   Yang, Xianshu ^a,e   Sears, Joe ^a   Kramer, Robert ^b   Sidhu, Rajinder S ^c   Hess, W M ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Inc   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticancer drugs; Endophytes; Himalayan yew; Taxol

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PACLITAXEL; PHENYLALANINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

FUNGI; PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA; TAXUS WALLACHIANA; TAXUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 0030059628     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-2-435     Document Type: Article

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