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Endophytes: exploiting biodiversity for the improvement of natural product-based drug discovery
2008-05-21
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Endophytes, microorganisms that colonize internal tissues of all plant species, create a huge biodiversity with yet unknown novel natural products, presumed to push forward the frontiers of drug discovery. Next to the clinically acknowledged antineoplastic agent, paclitaxel, endophyte research has yielded potential drug lead compounds with antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, insulin mimetic, anti-neurodegenerat...
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- 3fa95479-1f02-50f2-910f-72d7095cf0b2
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- 10.1080/17429140801886293