The effect of plant age on taxane content of cultivated taxus

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-42

  ElSohly, Hala N ^a,b   M Croom, Edward M ^a,b,c   Kopycki, Wlodzimierz J ^d   Joshi, Alpana S ^a,b   Moraes, Rita M ^a,b   McChesney, James D ^c,e  

^a National Center for the Development of Natural Products   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e NaPro BioTherapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Medicinal plant; Ovarian cancer; Paclitaxel; Taxol

Indexed keywords

BACCATIN III; CEPHALOMANNINE; PACLITAXEL DERIVATIVE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TAXUS MEDIA;

EID: 0033660420     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v07n01_05     Document Type: Article

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