Taxol determination from Pestalotiopsis pauciseta, a fungal endophyte of a medicinal plant

Shengwu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1433-1438

  Gangadevi, V ^a   Murugan, M ^a   Muthumary, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Endophytic fungus; Liquid medium; Medicinal plant; Taxol production

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PACLITAXEL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SAPINDACEAE; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; XYLARIALES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; PACLITAXEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SAPINDACEAE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XYLARIALES;

EID: 70449957133     PISSN: 10003061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2075(08)60065-5     Document Type: Article

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