Production of taxol from Phyllosticta dioscoreae, a leaf spot fungus isolated from Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-83

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

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Anticancer drug taxol production; Cytotoxicity test; Leaf spot fungus; Phyllosticta dioscoreae

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; ANTICANCER DRUG- TAXOL PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; LEAF SPOT FUNGUS; PHYLLOSTICTA DIOSCOREAE;

CELL CULTURE;

PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLLOSTICTA DIOSCOREAE; PLANT LEAF;

FUNGI; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; PHYLLOSTICTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 62549122516     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-008-0041-4     Document Type: Article

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