1. ROLE OF CHANCE OBSERVATIONS IN CHEMOTHERAPY:VINCA ROSEA*
2. Alkaloids of Vinca rosea Linn. (Catharanthus roseus G. Don.) V.**Organic Chemical Development and Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
3. (a) For a review on medicinal chemistry of vinblastine, see: Antitumor Bisindole Alkaloids fromCatharanthus roseus(L.).The Alkaloids; Brossi, A., Suffness, M., Eds.; Academic Press Inc. San Diego, 1990; Vol. 37, Chapters 3 and 4, pp 133−204.
4. (b) For a review on synthetic studies of vinblastine, see: Antitumor Bisindole Alkaloids fromCatharanthus roseus(L.).The Alkaloids; Brossi, A., Suffness, M., Eds.; Academic Press Inc. San Diego, 1990; Vol. 37, Chapter 2, pp 77−131.
5. Preparation of vinblastine, vincristine, and leurosidine, antitumor alkaloids from Catharanthus species (Apocynaceae)