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- noun A
natural polyketide that is apotent inhibitor oftumour cell growth .
Etymologies
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They have allowed organic chemists to recreate this discodermolide ...
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PALCA: ... and isolated a compound from it called discodermolide.
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They have allowed organic chemists to recreate this discodermolide ...
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They have allowed organic chemists to recreate this discodermolide ...
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PALCA: ... and isolated a compound from it called discodermolide.
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They have allowed organic chemists to recreate this discodermolide ...
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Scientists found that the poison, discodermolide, could stop cancer cells from proliferating in a test tube, and they wanted to test it as a chemotherapy agent.
Trio Shares Chemistry Prize for Imitating Life Gautam Naik 2010
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PALCA: ... and isolated a compound from it called discodermolide.
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PALCA: ... and isolated a compound from it called discodermolide.
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In what are still largely unexplored deep-water reef communities, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Ft. Pierce, Florida, has discovered what is believed to be an anti-tumor agent (discodermolide); its value for humans is being tested in clinical trials.
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