Marine natural products as sources of novel scaffolds: Achievement and concern

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 15, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 884-886

  Kong, De Xin ^a   Jiang, Ying Ying ^b   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISCOVERY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN;

EID: 78349305618     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2010.09.002     Document Type: Editorial

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