Author Pettit, George R.

Title Anticancer drugs from animals, plants, and microorganisms / George R. Pettit, Fiona Hogan Pierson, Cherry L. Herald.

Imprint New York : Wiley, c1994.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  RC271.C5 P48 1994  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 670 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-670) and index.
Contents Cancer causing and related lethal viral diseases -- Tumor promoters and carcinogens -- Tabular survey -- New biosynthetic antineoplastic and/or cell growth inhibitory agents -- Higher plant terpenoids -- Higher plant steroids -- Higher plant lignans and other aromatic compounds -- Quinones, flavans and other nonnitrogenous higher plant products -- Higher plant alkaloids, amides and peptides -- Fungi and other lower plant biosynthetic products -- Marine algae biosynthetic products -- Marine invertebrate and other lower animal biosynthetic products -- Marine chordata and other higher animal biosynthetic products -- Marine animal biosynthetic products -- Hydrocarbons, alcohols and esters -- Terpenoids -- Sterols and steroids -- Furans, pyrans and polyethers -- Phenols, quinones and related compounds -- Amines and nitrogen heterocyclic compounds -- Isonitriles, isothiocyanates and miscellaneous -- Marine plant biosynthetic products -- Marine plant constituents.
Subject(s) Antineoplastic agents -- Tables.
Pharmacognosy -- Tables.
Alternate Author Pierson, Fiona Hogan.
Herald, Cherry L.