Approaches to the synthesis of pancratistatin and pancratistatin analogues

Pancratistatin is a naturally occurring Amaryllidaceae alkaloid isolated from the bulbs of Pancratum littorale. Pancratistatin has been shown to be capable of inducing apoptosis in several cancer cell lines. Although the biochemical mechanism for the apoptosis is not yet well known, results suggest...

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Main Author: Scalzullo, Stefania Margherita
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/7055