Biotechnological aspects of the production of the anticancer drug podophyllotoxin

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 504-519

  Farkya, Sunita ^a   Bisaria, V S ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; CULTIVATION; DRUG THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTICANCER DRUGS; LIGNANS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

2'' DEOXY 2'' (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETOPOSIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATOXIN; CAMPTOTHECIN; CPH 82; ETOPOFOS; ETOPOSIDE; GL 311; LIGNAN; PACLITAXEL; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN DERIVATIVE; TENIPOSIDE; TOP 53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONDYLOMA; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; CYTOTOXICITY; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALARIA; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PLANT; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PODOPHYLLUM; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; PSORIASIS; RHIZOME; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERMENTATION; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLLUM;

PODOPHYLLUM; SINOPODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM;

EID: 6944253306     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1680-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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