Chemistry:Taxoid
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Taxoids are a class of derivatives from taxol,[1] that is, paclitaxel. They were developed for their anticancer chemotherapeutic properties. Taxoids are usually treated as synonymous with taxanes; for example, a major medical dictionary defines the two terms with the same definition phrasing,[2] and in another the phrasing varies slightly but conveys nearly identical meaning.[3]
Taxoids are chemically taxane-derived diterpenoids, which do occur in nature, in the genera Taxus and Austrotaxus of yew trees.[4] The taxoids class and the taxanes class both include paclitaxel (trade names Taxol, Abraxane, Onxol, Nov-Onxol) and docetaxel (trade names Taxotere, Docecad).
References
- ↑ "Taxoids: New Weapons against Cancer". 1996. http://www.usrf.org/news/19MAY04taxotere/Sci%20Am%20Taxoids%201996.pdf.
- ↑ Elsevier, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier, http://dorlands.com/.
- ↑ Wolters Kluwer, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Wolters Kluwer, http://stedmansonline.com/.
- ↑ Timmerman, H. (16 June 1995) (in en). The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Taxol® and its Derivatives. Elsevier. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-08-054499-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=O8-dYFzC2rQC&pg=PA7.
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