baccatin/corylus

The growing demand for the antitumorous agent paclitaxel and the difficulty in increasing its production by genetic engineering has prompted a search for new sources of taxanes. It has been reported that taxanes can be extracted from the angiosperm Corylus avellana L. Our aim was to improve taxane

Paclitaxel is an effective antineoplastic agent originally extracted in low yield from the bark of Taxus brevifolia. Although it was generally considered a particular metabolite of Taxus sp., paclitaxel was recently found in hazel cell cultures. The aim of the present work was to verify whether

Suspension-cultured hazel cells were ultrasonicated at power densities of 4 and 455 mW for 4-40 min. Both treatments stimulated the production of major taxanes: Taxol, 10-deacetylbaccatin, and baccatin III. The highest amounts of these taxanes (0.46, 0.26, and 0.07 mg/l, respectively) were obtained

The toxicity of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has been attributed to the generation of Ag+ ions as well as production of ROS. The latter can elicit defensive response of plant cells in different ways e.g., enhancement of secondary metabolite productions. In the present study this hypothesis was