Synthesis and biological evaluation of phorbol-resiniferatoxin (RTX) hybrids

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3413-3421

  Appendino, Giovanni ^a   Bertolino, Andrea ^b   Minassi, Alberto ^a   Annunziata, Rita ^c   Szallasi, Arpad ^d   De Petrocellis, Luciano ^e   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale   (Italy)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Natural products; Phorbol; Resiniferatoxin; Terpenoids; Vanilloids

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PHORBOL; RESINIFERATOXIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 4544338171     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200400122     Document Type: Article

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