Functional versus chemical diversity: Is biodiversity important for drug discovery?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 225-231

  Tulp, Martin ^a   Bohlin, Lars ^b  

^a Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ARTEMISIN; ATROPINE; AVERMECTIN; BMS 192548; CAMPTOPHTHECIN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DICOUMAROL; DIGOXIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; EPHEDRINE; ERGOCORNINE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GRISEOFULVIN; GW 311616A; HARMALINE; HEPARIN; LIGAND; MEVINOLIN; MORPHINE; NEW DRUG; PACLITAXEL; PAPAVERINE; PENICILLIN G; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; QUINIDINE; RAPAMYCIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SCH 202596; TRABECTEDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WIN 64821;

BIODIVERSITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ANIMALS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; PACLITAXEL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036570328     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(02)02007-2     Document Type: Review

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