baccatin/leukemia

We have isolated endophytic fungi from Indian yew tree, Taxus baccata and then screened for taxol production. Out of the forty fungal cultures screened, one fungus Gliocladium sp. was found to produce taxol and 10DAB III (10 Deacetyl baccatin III). These compounds were purified by TLC, HPLC and

To develop non-prodrugs of taxoids with satisfactory stability in vivo, high water-solubility, and potent antitumor activity, we prepared several 10-O-sec-aminoethyl docetaxel analogs (3) and evaluated their cytotoxicity against mouse leukemia and human tumor cell lines, microtubule

The elimination of nonradioactive taxol in bile and urine was investigated in the rat after administration via the caudal vein (10 mg/kg). As in humans, no metabolites of taxol were detected by HPLC in rat urine, and only 10% of the injected taxol was recovered in urine over a 24-hr period. In