An improved synthesis of 7, 8-epoxy-1,3,11-cembratriene15r(α), 16-diol, a cembranoid of marine origin with a potent cancer chemopreventive activity

Marine Drugs

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Fahmy, Hesham ^a   Khalifa, Sherief I ^b   Konoshima, Takao ^c   Zjawiony, Jordan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer chemoprevention; Cembranoids; EBV EA activation; Sarcophine; Sarcophytol A

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646788930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md201001     Document Type: Article

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