Production of taxol from Phyllosticta spinarum, an endophytic fungus of Cupressus sp

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-446

  Kumaran, R Senthil ^a   Muthumary, J ^b   Hur, B K ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer drug; Fungal endophyte; Taxol production

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ANTICANCER DRUG; FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE; TAXOL PRODUCTION;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PACLITAXEL;

CANCER; CULTIVATION; DRUG; FUNGUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUPRESSUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOSTICTA SPINARUM; SPECTROSCOPY;

CUPRESSUS; FUNGI; PHYLLOSTICTA SPINARUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 51649095164     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200800019     Document Type: Article

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