Sunday, July 4, 2010

Palau'amine synthesis achieved....


Compound, called Palau'amine,  a compound found in sponge off Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, that has shown anticancer, antibacterial, and antifungal activities. Many synthetic researchers were trying this challenge, but it is a team of scientists lead by Prof. Phil S. Baran from The Scripps Research Institute,  that has finally completed the quest.....
 

 
 
Ref : http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123227557/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0