Total synthesis of dictyostatin and novel structural analogues as promising anticancer agents

The marine sponge-derived antimitotic polyketides discodermolide (12) and dictyostatin (16) are important natural product leads for the development of new anticancer agents. The first part of this thesis describes the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a hybrid analogue 43 of discodermol...

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Main Author: Gardner, N. M.
Published: University of Cambridge 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599314