Modern agrochemical research: a missed opportunity for drug discovery? (DOI:10.1016/j.drudis.2006.07.002);Modern agrochemical research: a missed opportunity for drug discovery?

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 11, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 839-845

  Delaney, John ^a   Clarke, Eric ^a   Hughes, David ^a   Rice, Martin ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; ANISOMYCIN; ATORVASTATIN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CLOPIDOGREL; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; EPOTHILONE DERIVATIVE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FENPROPIDINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUTICASONE; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; LANSOPRAZOLE; MANCOZEB; METOLACHLOR; NITISINONE; OLANZAPINE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; SERTRALINE; SIMVASTATIN; TRIAZOLOPYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVE;

DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 33747760881     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2006.11.010     Document Type: Erratum

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