Hydroxylation of 10-deoxoartemisinin to 15-hydroxy-10-deoxoartemisinin by Aspergillus niger

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 607-610

  Parshikov, Igor A ^a   Miriyala, Bruhaspathy ^a   Avery, Mitchell A ^a   Williamson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimalarial drugs; Artemisinin; Aspergillus niger; Hydroxylation

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 10 DEOXOARTEMISININ; 15-HYDROXY-10-DEOXOARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DEOXOARTEMISININ; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONFORMATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ARTEMISININS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SESQUITERPENES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 1842709930     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000021965.55420.e9     Document Type: Article

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