Rainforest endophytes and bioactive products

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-333

  Strobel, Gary A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; FRACTIONATION; FUNGI; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RAIN; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BIOACTIVE PRODUCTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AMBUIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CRYPTOCANDIN; CRYPTOCIN; ISOPESTACIN; JESTERONE; OOCYDIN; PACLITAXEL; PSEUDOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ANIMAL HEALTH; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGY; CANCER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; HEALTH; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RAIN FOREST; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PACLITAXEL; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

EID: 0036450211     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550290789531     Document Type: Review

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