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Why can't the pacific yew tree provide a continuous supply of taxol?
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Why can't pacific yew trees provide a continuous supply of taxol?
Because, the taxol comes from the bark. Without the bark the tree is dead.
What Philippine plant contains taxol?
Taxol is a chemical substance derived from a yew tree of the pacific coast.
Where is the drug Taxol is now made?
The place where taxol is now made is Germany. It was originally made from the Pacific yew but later was made synthetically.
What is the original source of taxol?
Pacific yews, it is a very slow growing tree.
What is a chemical in pacific yew tree bark that has cancer fighting properties?
taxol
What chemical makes the Pacific Yew Tree resistant to diseases and insects?
Taxol
What are chemical processes used to make taxol?
Two processes exist:- extraction from bark of the Pacific yew tree- biosynthesis
What phylum was taxol originally found?
Confirerophyta is the phylum where taxol was originally found.
Where was taxol discovered?
Taxol was first discovered in Taxus brevifolia Nutt in 1971.
Where was taxol first discoved?
Taxol was first discovered in Taxus brevifolia Nutt in 1971.
The plant that produces taxol a chemical with cancer-fighting properties?
Taxol was primarily isolated from the bark of the Pacific Yew or Western Yew tree, Taxus brevifolia.Taxus brevifolia is a conifer native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California, mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges, but with an isolated disjunct population in southeast British Columbia, most notably occurring on Zuckerberg Island near Castlegar and south to central Idaho
How many functional groups are there in Taxol?
6
