Lessons and revelations from biomimetic syntheses

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 865-875

  Razzak, Mina ^a   De Brabander, Jef K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGELIFERIN; ALKALOID; AMPELOPSIN F; BERKELIC ACID; CARAROSINOL C; CASSIGAROL B; EXIGUAMINE A; EXIGUAMINE B; NATURAL PRODUCT; NORGEAMIDE A; NORGEAMIDE B; NOTOAMIDE A; NOTOAMIDE B; NOTOAMIDE C; NOTOAMIDE D; NOTOAMIDE E; NOTOAMIDE E2; NOTOAMIDE E3; NOTOAMIDE E4; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PULVILLORIC ACID; RESVERATROL; SCEPTRIN; SPICIFERNIN; SPICIFERONE; STEPHACIDIN A; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERSICOLAMIDE B;

BIOMIMETICS; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 81355123306     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.709     Document Type: Review

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