The future of plant drug discovery

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 673-683

  Littleton, John ^a  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Elicitation; Evolution; Genomics; Mutagenesis; Pharmacology; Screening; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; PLANT EXTRACT; VINBLASTINE; VINCA ALKALOID; VINCRISTINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLONAL VARIATION; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLITE; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT CELL; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34447566982     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2.5.673     Document Type: Review

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