Detection of taxol, an anticancer drug, from selected coelomycetous fungi

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Muthumary, Johnpaul ^a   Sashirekha, Sureshkumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Botryodiplodia theobromae; Cancer cell lines; Cytotoxicity test; Fungal taxol; P. uvicola; Pestalotiopsis menezesiana

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952705620     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2008/v1i1/10     Document Type: Article

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