Overview of medicinally important diterpenoids derived from plastids

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Linsu ^a,b   Lu, Shanfa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b Qiannan Medical College for Nationalities   (China)

Author keywords

Diterpenoid; Ginkgolide; Oridonin; Paclitaxel; Plastid; Tanshinone; Triptolide

Indexed keywords

BACCATIN III; DITERPENOID; GINKGOLIDE; ORIDONIN; PACLITAXEL; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TANSHINONE; TRIPTOLIDE; ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; EPOXIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; COUNTER CURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANT;

DITERPENES; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; DITERPENES, KAURANE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; GINKGOLIDES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PACLITAXEL; PHENANTHRENES; PLANTS; PLASTIDS;

EID: 85007310567     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389557516666160614005244     Document Type: Review

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