Rhapsamine, a cytotoxin from the antarctic sponge Leucetta leptorhapsis

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 43, 1997, Pages 7507-7510

  Jayatilake, Gamini S ^a   Baker, Bill J ^a   McClintock, James B ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; POLYENE; RHAPSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPONGE;

EID: 0030795093     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01802-9     Document Type: Article

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