"First Total Synthesis of Taxol"
Journal article
By: Robert A. Holton
Date: 1994
Source: Holton, Robert A., et al. "First Total Synthesis of Taxol." Journal of American Chemical Society 116, no. 4, 1994, 1597–1598.
About the Author: Robert A. Holton received a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina. He was a faculty member at Virginia Tech, Purdue, and Stanford Universities and has been on the faculty at Florida State University since 1985. Dr. Holton's research since 1973 has been in the area of organic synthesis of complex molecules.
Introduction
Plants have metabolic pathways that are not found in humans or other animals. Photosynthesis is an obvious example. Another is plant secondary metabolism, the process by which plants churn out an incredible array of unique compounds evolved to protect them from insects, animals, and even other plants. Some products of plant...
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