Amalgamation of Synthetic Biology and Chemistry for High-Throughput Nonconventional Synthesis of the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 551-558

  Singh, Dharmendra ^a   McPhee, Derek ^b   Paddon, Christopher J ^b   Cherry, Joel ^b   Maurya, Ghanshyam ^a   Mahale, Ganesh ^a   Patel, Yogesh ^a   Kumar, Neeraj ^a   Singh, Subhash ^a   Sharma, Brajesh ^a   Kushwaha, Lavkesh ^a   Singh, Satinder ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a Ipca Laboratories Limited   (India)

^b Amyris Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

amorphadiene; Artemisia annua; artemisinic acid; artemisinin; endo epoxidation; malaria

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; METALS; YEAST;

AMORPHADIENE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISINIC ACID; ARTEMISININ; MALARIA;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 85018482360     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: 1520586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00414     Document Type: Article

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