Alkaloids from marine ascidians

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 8694-8732

  Menna, Marialuisa ^a   Fattorusso, Ernesto ^a   Imperatore, Concetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Ascidians; Ecteinascidis; Lamellarins; Natural products

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054955421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16108694     Document Type: Review

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