Applications of total synthesis to problems in neurodegeneration: Fascinating chemistry along the way

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 539-549

  Wilson, Rebecca M ^a   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; 11 O DEBENZOYLTASHIRONIN; 11-O-DEBENZOYLTASHIRONIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; BRIDGED COMPOUND; DITERPENE; GARSUBELLIN A; JIADIFENIN; LACTONE; MERRILACTONE A; NGA 0187; SCABRONINE G; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TRICYCLOILLICINONE; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; DIOXOLES; DITERPENES; LACTONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SESQUITERPENES; TERPENES; TRITERPENES;

EID: 33748336920     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar068018n     Document Type: Article

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