| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 456 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 32 |
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Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 32.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Hideji Itokawa -- Biosynthesis of taxoids / Ushio Sankawa and Hideji Itokawa -- Taxoids occurring in the genus taxus / Hideji Itokawa -- Physical methods for identification of the structures of taxoids / Masayoshi Oyama and Hideji Itokawa -- Plant tissue culture of taxoids / Koichi Takeya -- The commercial cultivation of taxus species and production of taxoids -- Yoshinari Kikuchi and Mitsuyoshi Yatagai -- Analytical aspects of taxoids / Mutsuo Kozuka, Susan Morris-Natschke, and Kuo-Hsiung Lee -- Chemistry of taxol and related taxoids / Hui-Kang Wang, Hironori Ohtsu, and Hideji Itokawa -- Total synthesis of taxoids / Zhiyan Xiao, Hideji Itokawa, and Kuo-Hsiung Lee -- Structure-activity relationships of taxoids / Xihong Wang, Hideji Itokawa, and Kuo-Hsiung Lee -- Preclinical and clinical studies of the taxanes / David T. Brown -- Paclitaxel content of yews in Ireland / Ingrid Hook and Dairine Dempsey |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive overview of this particular genus including: methods to identify, culture and extract taxoids, as well as the chemistry and therapeutic effects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Paclitaxel.
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Taxus.
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Paclitaxel -- chemistry
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Paclitaxel
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Taxus
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Taxus -- chemistry
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Taxus (genus)
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Paclitaxel
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Taxus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Itokawa, Hideji, 1932-
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Lee, Kuo-Hsiung
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| ISBN |
0203381149 |
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9780203381144 |
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1280058080 |
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9781280058080 |
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9780429220531 |
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0429220537 |
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