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Chemist at Research Triangle Institute, Co-discoverer of camptothecin and taxol, according to a 2004 review

Mansukh C. Wani

A 2004 review credits Mansukh C. Wani and Monroe E. Wall of Research Triangle Institute with discovering camptothecin, first isolated and identified from Camptotheca acuminata, and taxol, from Taxus brevifolia. Wani is the second author of the 1966 paper on the isolation and structure of camptothecin.

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  1. Wall ME, Wani MC, Cook CE, Palmer KH, McPhail AT, Sim GA. Plant Antitumor Agents. I. The Isolation and Structure of Camptothecin, a Novel Alkaloidal Leukemia and Tumor Inhibitor from Camptotheca acuminata. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 1966;88(16):3888-3890.

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  2. Oberlies NH, Kroll DJ. Camptothecin and taxol: historic achievements in natural products research. J Nat Prod. 2004;67(2):129-35.

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