A new endophytic taxol- and baccatin III-producing fungus isolated from Taxus chinensis var. mairei

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 72, 2011, Pages 16379-16386

  Wang, Yechun ^a,b   Tang, Kexuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccatin III; Didymostilbe sp; Endophytic fungus; Taxol

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACCATIN III; DITERPENE; DITERPENE TAXOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BARK; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDYMOSTILBE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CANCER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POTATO DEXTROSE AGAR MEDIUM; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TAXUS WALLICHIANA VAR. CHINENSIS;

DIDYMOSTILBE; FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TAXUS WALLICHIANA VAR. MAIREI;

EID: 84863230247     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.876     Document Type: Article

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