Camptothecin. Discovery to clinic

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 803, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-12

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

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; CORTISONE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRACTIONATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030477737     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb26371.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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