Taxol (anticancer drug) producing endophytic fungi: An overview

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Visalakchi, Sonaimuthu ^a   Muthumary, Johnpaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer drug; Cancer cell lines; Endophytic fungi; Medicinal plant; Taxol; Taxus

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHYTE; EXTRACTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LUNG CANCER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OVARY CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TAXOMYCES ANDREANAE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84455203975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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