Recent progress in the synthesis of naturally occurring triterpenoid saponins

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-344

  Gauthier, Charles ^a   Legault, Jean ^a   Pichette, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Chemical synthesis; Cytotoxic; Natural products; Saponins; Triterpenes

Indexed keywords

METABOLITES;

ANTICANCER; CYTOTOXIC; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; RECENT PROGRESS; SAPONIN; SEMISYNTHESIS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS; TRITERPENES; TRITERPENOID SAPONINS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 70350131097     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157019309789371541     Document Type: Article

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