Taxol, an antineoplastic drug, has shown cytotoxic activity against numerous malignant tumors including: breast cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, and skin cancer. Taxol is found in many species of yew including: slow-growing Taxus brevifolia and faster-growing Taxus media X Hicksii. Yew tree cuttings were cultured and the medium was extracted weekly, bi-weekly, and tri-weekly over a period of nine weeks. Taxol and other taxanes were separated through a multi-step procedure using hexane extractions, C-18 Sep Pak cartridges, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The concentration of the taxanes was then calculated. Taxol and other taxanes can continue to be transferred into a culture medium and extracted over a nine-week period. There is a higher yield when extracted weekly.

University of Portland

Transfer of taxol from yew tree cuttings into a culture medium over time

The present invention relates to the bioactivity of taxanes isolated from the leaves of Himalayan Yew tree Taxus wallichiana against human cancer cell lines grown in-vitro and subsequent identification of brevifoliol [1] as anticancer agent useful in the treatment of various types of cancer in humans ##STR00001##

taxus/悪性腫瘍

Transfer of taxol from yew tree cuttings into a culture medium over time

Pharmaceutical composition containing brevifoliol for use in chemotherapeutic treatment of human beings, method therefor

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