Natural products as a foundation for drug discovery

Current Protocols in Pharmacology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 46, 2009, Pages

  Beutler, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs discovery; HTS; Natural products

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRYOLOG; BRYOSTATIN; BRYOSTATIN 1; CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE; CELLULOSE; CROFELEMER; CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; ERIBULIN; HALICHONDRIN B; MORPHINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL DERIVATIVE; PALYTOXIN; PHORBOL ESTER; PINENE; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ETHNOBOTANY; FRACTIONATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 70149117263     PISSN: 19348282     EISSN: 19348290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471141755.ph0911s46     Document Type: Review

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