Pauciflorines A and B, novel melanin biosynthesis inhibitors from Kopsia

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 32, 1996, Pages 5765-5768

  Kam, Toh Seok ^a   Yoganathan, K ^a   Koyano, Takashi ^b   Komiyama, Kanki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b TERUMO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PAUCIFLORINE A; PAUCIFLORINE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA B16; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

KOPSIA; KOPSIA PAUCIFLORA;

EID: 0030570864     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(96)01180-X     Document Type: Article

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