Bioreactor studies on the endophytic fungus Entrophospora infrequens for the production of an anticancer alkaloid camptothecin

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-196

  Amna, Touseef ^a   Puri, Satish C ^a   Verma, V ^a   Sharma, Jai P ^a   Khajuria, Rajinder K ^a   Musarrat, Javed ^b   Spiteller, Michael ^c   Qazi, G N ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticancer drug; Bioreactor; Camptothecin; Endophytes; Entrophospora infrequens; Nothapodytes foetida; Scale up

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DERIVATIVES; DRUG THERAPY; MICROBIOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; TUMORS;

ANTICANCER DRUG; CAMPTOTHECIN; ENDOPHYTES; ENTROPHOSPORA INFREQUENS; NOTHAPODYTES FOETIDA; SCALE-UP;

FUNGI;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPTOTHECIN; ALKALOID;

BIOREACTOR; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DRUG ISOLATION; ENDOPHYTE; ENTROPHOSPORA INFREQUENS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; INDIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NOTHAPODYTES FOETIDA; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPOROGENESIS; ANGIOSPERM; BARK; BIOSYNTHESIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; MAHABALESHWAR; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

ENTROPHOSPORA INFREQUENS; FUNGI; NOTHAPODYTES FOETIDA;

ALKALOIDS; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BIOREACTORS; CAMPTOTHECIN; FUNGI; INDIA; PLANT BARK;

EID: 33745021906     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-122     Document Type: Article

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