Small molecule anticancer compounds and related production process
OwnerZhenhua Yanginventor
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Abstract
A group of specific branched-chain fatty acids, with significant anticancer effects on human and animals; methods of making using either chemical synthesis or biosynthesis methods; and methods of treating cancer.
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A method of making a terminally methyl-branched iso- or anteiso-fatty acid, or a mixture of said fatty acids, which comprises culturing a bacteria strain containing said fatty acid(s) to form a fermentation solution containing said fatty acid(s), and then isolating said fatty acid(s), from the fermentation solution, wherein the bacteria strain is from the genus Stenotrophomonas.
A method of making a fermentation solution containing at least one terminally methyl-branched iso- or anteiso-fatty acid, which comprises culturing a bacteria strain containing said fatty acid in a nutritive medium to form a fermentation solution containing said fatty acid, wherein the bacteria strain is from the genus Stenotrophomonas.
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