Review on yew tree (Taxus spp.)

Journal of Medicinal Plants

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Yazdani, D ^a,c   Shahnazi, S ^a   Rezazadeh, Sh ^a   Pirali Hamadani, M ^b  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Institute of Medicinal Plants Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Taxol; Taxus baccata; Yew

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PACLITAXEL DERIVATIVE;

ASIA; BREAST CARCINOMA; DRUG EFFICACY; EUROPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; TAXUS; YEW TREE;

TAXACEAE; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 28644441021     PISSN: 2717204X     EISSN: 27172058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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