Synthesis of marine indole alkaloids from Flustra foliacea

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 629-642

  Morales Ríos, Martha S ^a   Suárez Castillo, Oscar R ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brominated indoles; Flustra foliacea; Marine alkaloids; Pyrroloindolines; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

INDOLE ALKALOID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE;

BRYOZOA; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLUSTRA FOLIACEA; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BRYOZOA; FLUSTRA FOLIACEA;

EID: 48249145238     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300421     Document Type: Review

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