Sustained harvest of camptothecin from the leaves of Camptotheca acuminata. Academic Article

abstract

• Over a 12-week period, new growth was collected at different intervals from Camptotheca acuminata trees to determine whether a leaf harvest strategy would be an efficient means for the production of the alkaloid camptothecin. Because camptothecin accumulates in young leaves and because the harvesting of young tissue stimulates axillary bud outgrowth, this strategy increased the harvestable amount of camptothecin from trees in a nondestructive manner.

authors

• Mcknight, Thomas
• Nessler, Craig

published proceedings

• J Nat Prod

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Vincent, R. M., Lpez-Meyer, M., McKnight, T. D., & Nessler, C. L.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Vincent, RM||López-Meyer, M||McKnight, TD||Nessler, CL

publication date

• January 1997

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Natural Products  Journal

keywords

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• Camptothecin
• Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
• Plant Leaves
• Plants, Medicinal
• Seasons

PubMed Central ID

• 9214735

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/np9700228

start page

• 618

end page

• 619

volume

• 60

issue

• 6

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1021%2Fnp9700228