Production and Characterization of Taxol as Anticancer Agent from Aspergillus terreus

Taxol, a diterpenoid was initially isolated from the bark of Taxus brevifolia, approved by FDA in 1994 as a powerful drug for metastatic ovarian carcinoma, breast and lung cancer. However, due to limitations in the production of this drug based on this plant source, the productive potentiality of fu...

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Main Authors: Ashraf S.A. El-Sayed, Manal T. El Sayed, Hend S. Nada, Abdallah E. Hassan, Eman K. Yousef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
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Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/production-and-characterization-of-taxol-as-anticancer-agent-from-aspergillus-terreus/