Isolation and identification of taxol, an anticancer drug from Phyllosticta melochiae yates, an endophytic fungus of Melochia corchorifolia L

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1246-1253

  Kumaran, Rangarajulu Senthil ^a   Muthumary, Johnpaul ^b   Hur, Byung Ki ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer drug; Fungal endophyte; In vitro cytotoxicity test; Phyllosticta melochiae; Taxol production

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MELOCHIA CORCHORIFOLIA; PHYLLOSTICTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 61349160007     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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