Synthesis of the potent immunostimulatory adjuvant QS-21A

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3256-3257

  Wang, Pengfei ^a   Kim, Yong Jae ^a   Navarro Villalobos, Mauricio ^a   Rohde, Bridget D ^a   Gin, David Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; QS 21A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; QUILLAJA; SAPONARIA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; QUILLAJA; SAPONINS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 14944364716     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0422007     Document Type: Article

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