Patterns of accumulation of camptothecin, an anti-cancer alkaloid in Nothapodytes nimmoniana Graham., in the Western Ghats, India: Implications for identifying high-yielding sources of the alkaloid

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-100

  Padmanabha, B V ^a   Chandrashekar, M ^a   Ramesha, B T ^a   Hombe Gowda, H C ^c   Gunaga, Rajesh P ^c   Suhas, S ^a   Vasudeva, R ^b,c   Ganeshaiah, K N ^a,b,d   Uma Shaanker, R ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c College of Forestry   (India)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Camptothecin; Chemical diversity; Icacinaceae; Nothapodytes; Patterns of accumulation

Indexed keywords

ICACINACEAE; NOTHAPODYTES;

EID: 33644589038     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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