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Antitumor Principles in Mosses: the First Isolation and Identification of Maytansinoids, Including a Novel 15-Methoxyansamitocin P-3
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1988
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Known Maytansinoids 1Bioorganic ChemistryNovel 15-Methoxyansamitocin P-3Secondary MetaboliteAntitumor PrinciplesDrug ResistanceMedicinal ChemistryJapanese MossesPhytopharmacologyRadiation OncologyBiochemistryBioassay-guided IsolationFirst IsolationPharmacologyNatural SciencesPhytochemistryMedicineChemotaxonomyDrug DiscoveryThamnobryum Sandei
A novel 15-methoxyansamitocin P-3 [2], in company with three known maytansinoids 1, 3, and 4, was isolated for the first time from two Japanese mosses, Isothecium subdiversiforme and Thamnobryum sandei. All are potent cytotoxic compounds.