CONTRIBUTION OF AN ORGANIC CHEMIST TO THE RESOLUTION OF SOME BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS - CONSEQUENCES

被引:12
作者
POTIER, P
机构
[1] CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, Fr, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, Fr
关键词
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - Patient Treatment - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - Synthesis;
D O I
10.1351/pac198658050737
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
In our efforts aimed at the discovery of new natural products of biological and, eventually, therapeutic interest, we have become particularly interested in the following three areas: (i) Anticancer chemotherapy: the derivatives of vinblastine and those of ellipticine have been especially studied; (ii) The central nervous system, wherein we have looked for new substances which can interact with the benzodiazepine receptor. These studies in turn led us to investigate; (iii) Interactions between the nervous system and the immune system with the resulting discovery of some interesting properties of several compounds. In all three cases, the contribution of the chemist has been essential.
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页数:8
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