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Taxol definition

taksôl
A substance, C47H51NO14, obtained from a small yew tree (Taxus brevifolia) of W North America, used in treating certain kinds of cancer.
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A trademark for the drug paclitaxel.
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(chemistry, pharmacology) A taxane, C47H51NO14, used to treat cancer; Taxol.
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(pharmacology) Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibit) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
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Singular:
taxol
Plural:
taxols

Origin of taxol

  • Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific Latin term Taxus (a genus name).

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  • See taxol.

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Taxol Sentence Examples

  • In contrast, Taxol resistance is not related to tumor differentiation.

  • Further reactions were then carried out to produce the final product taxol.

  • It would take six 100-year old trees to provide enough taxol to treat just one patient.

  • These reactions outline the general route that Holton employed to synthesize taxol.

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