Trichodermamide A and aspergillazine A, two cytotoxic modified dipeptides from a marine-derived fungus Spicaria elegans

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1042-1046

  Liu, Rui ^a   Gu, Qian Qun ^a   Zhu, Wei Ming ^a   Cui, Cheng Bin ^b   Fan, Guo Tao ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillazine A; Cytotoxic activity; Marine derived fungus; Modified dipeptides; Spicaria elegans; Trichodermamide A (penicillazine)

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444498528     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 02536269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02977399     Document Type: Article

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