Taxol (paclitaxel): strategies to increase the supply of a new anticancer drug

Taxol (paclitaxel) has been hailed by many as the most promising new cancer treatment in two decades. The FDA requires that paclitaxel intended for human consumption be obtained only from the bark of Taxus brevifolia, the Pacific yew. As this may become increasingly uneconomical, new strategies must...

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Published in:	Applied biochemistry and biotechnology Vol. 54; no. 1/3; pp. 133 - 140
Main Authors:	Stull, D.P. (Hauser Chemical Research, Inc., Boulder, CO.), Scales, T.A, Daughenbaugh, R, Jans, N.A, Bailey, D.T
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-07-1995
Subjects:	COMPOSICION QUIMICA COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE
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