Bioprocessing of plant in vitro systems for the mass production of pharmaceutically important metabolites: Paclitaxel and its derivatives

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 880-891

  Onrubia, M ^a   Cusido R M ^b   Ramirez, K ^b   Hernandez Vazquez L ^c   Moyano, E ^a   Bonfill, M ^b   Palazon, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anticancer agents; Metabolic engineering; Paclitaxel; Plant cell cultures; Taxane analogs; Taxus sp

Indexed keywords

3' TERT BUTYL 3' N TERT BUTYLOXYCARBONYL 4 DEACETYL 3' N DEBENZOYL 3' DEPHENYL 4 O METHOXYCARBONYLPACLITAXEL; 7 METHYLTHIOMETHYLPACLITAXEL; CREMOPHOR; DOCETAXEL; PACLITAXEL; PACLITAXEL DERIVATIVE; PACLITAXEL POLIGLUMEX; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TESETAXEL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878002829     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986713805219064     Document Type: Article

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