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  • Drug Discovery from Diverse Bacteria – Bioactivity-guided Isolation of Known and New Metabolites

    Creator:
    Zhu, Chenxi
    Abstract:
    Exploring bioactive natural products has contributed largely to clinically approved drugs we have been using over the last 100 years. Especially among the anti-infective drugs, around 70% of currently used antibiotics were discovered or derived from microbial secondary metabolites, among them compounds like vancomycin, chloramphenicol, and erythromycin. Facing the unavoidable...
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    Dissertation
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    enantiomers. Red solid line: CAM-B3LYP/TZVP S (shift: 11 nm; σ = 0.66 eV), blue solid line: CAM-B3LYP/TZVP R

  • Bioprospecting the Chemical Diversity of Plant-associated Fungi

    Creator:
    González-Montiel, Gisela Abigail
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    Fungi have long been used for discovery of new chemical scaffolds. In the clinical setting, the fungal natural products penicillin, statins, and cyclosporine have revolutionized medicine to treat diseases and infections. In the environment, fungal natural products have been used as herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides to protect crops, livestock, and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • New Treatments for HIV and Cancer: Uncovering Bioactive Compounds from Small Molecule Sources

    Creator:
    Overacker, Ross D.
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    Small molecule drugs have been instrumental in our fight against diseases, beginning when some of the earliest ancient cultures used plant remedies to treat illnesses. More recently, the skill of isolating and characterizing the active ingredients within bioactive plants and microbial extracts has led to the isolation and design of...
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    Dissertation
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    positivity, hard work, and determination are a model for all. I would like to thank Paul Blakemore for

  • Insights into Cytostatic and Cytotoxic Properties of the Natural Product Mensacarcin

    Creator:
    Kaweesa, Elizabeth Namagoba
    Abstract:
    Mensacarcin is a stereogenic complex polyketide with potent anti-tumor activity produced by a soil-dwelling Streptomyces bottropensis. The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) 60 human tumor cell line anticancer drug screen (NCI-60) reveals mensacarcin’s cytostatic properties in almost all tested cell lines and distinct cytotoxic properties specifically in eight melanoma cell...
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    Masters Thesis
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    support and guidance throughout my studies. I would like to thank my committee members: Dr. Paul