Tubercidin, a cytotoxic agent from the marine sponge Caulospongia biflabellata

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-303

  Biabani, Misbah F ^a   Gunasekera, Sarath P ^a   Longley, Ross E ^a   Wright, Amy E ^a   Pomponi, Shirley A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Caulospongia biflabellata Fromont; Demospongia; Hadromerida; Marine sponge; NMR data; Tubercidin

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; TUBERCIDIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAULOSPONGIA BIFLABELLATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; TUMOR CELL;

HADROMERIDA;

EID: 0036403843     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.4.302.8469     Document Type: Article

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