Hazel and other sources of paclitaxel and related compounds

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 211-225

  Miele, Mariangela ^a,b   Mumot, Anna Maria ^a   Zappa, Achille ^a   Romano, Paolo ^b   Ottaggio, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Anticancer drugs; Antimitotic compounds; Corylus avellana; Taxanes

Indexed keywords

10 DEACETHYLBACCATIN III; 10 DEACETHYLPACLITAXEL; BACCATIN III; PACLITAXEL; PHYTOHORMONE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INDEX; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CORYLUS AMERICANA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA;

EID: 84876410910     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-012-9234-8     Document Type: Review

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