A cytotoxic melanin precursor, 5,6-dihydroxyindole, from the folkloric anti-cancer plant Rhaphidophora korthalsii

Natural Product Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-140

  Wong, K T ^a   Tan, B K H ^a   Sim, K Y ^a   Goh, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

5,6 diacetoxyindole; 5,6 dihydroxyindole; Rhaphidophora korthalsii

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; MELANIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FRACTIONATION; LEUKEMIA P 388; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRECURSOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

RHAPHIDOPHORA KORTHALSII;

EID: 0030475536     PISSN: 10575634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10575639608044937     Document Type: Article

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