Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Online ISSN : 1347-5223
Print ISSN : 0009-2363
ISSN-L : 0009-2363
52 巻, 1 号
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  • John M. Cassady, Kenneth K. Chan, Heinz G. Floss, Eckhard Leistner
    原稿種別: Review
    専門分野: [not specified]
    2004 年 52 巻 1 号 p. 1-26
    発行日: 2004年
    公開日: 2004/01/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    Maytansine and its congeners have been isolated from higher plants, mosses and from an Actinomycete, Actinosynnema pretiosum. Many of these compounds are antitumor agents of extraordinary potency, yet phase II clinical trials with maytansine proved disappointing. The chemistry and biology of maytansinoids has been reviewed repeatedly in the late 1970s and early 1980s; the present review covers new developments in this field during the last two decades. These include the use of maytansinoids as “warheads” in tumor-specific antibodies, preliminary metabolism studies, investigations of their biosynthesis at the biochemical and genetic level, and ecological issues related to the occurrence of such typical microbial metabolites in higher plants.
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