This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Taxus brevifolia is a tree of evolutionary and medicinal importance. This study describes the megagametophyte development, archegonial ...

Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) is an understory shrub typically found in late successional forests. This gymnosperm is very shade tolerant and will often form dense layers near the forest floor. Canada ...

Monroe Wall, Mansukh Wani and colleagues at the Natural Products Laboratory of the Research Triangle Institute discovered and elucidated the structure Taxol ® and camptothecin, two life-saving ...

Paclitaxel is derived from Taxus brevifolia is a rare and slow-growing evergreen found in the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest (also known as the yew tree). Humanity has made use of the yew ...

- small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood ...

Throughout the development of paclitaxel, which is one of the most successful anticancer drugs of the past 50 years, adequate supply has remained a major challenge. This drug has been very complex to ...

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