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Short answer: It disrupts proper cellular division by inhibiting spindle function.
More information than you could need to know can be found at the link below. Check the references section of the wikipedia page for more the more detailed explanations used to generate the page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paclitaxel
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How does taxol prevent tumors from growning and spreading?
When cancer cells are exposed to taxol, the taxol forms structures that look like tiny cages around each cancer cell. These structures prevent the cancer cells from dividing. As a result, the cancer cannot grow and spread.
What illnesses is taxol usually prescribed for?
Taxol is usually a drug which is prescribed for the illness cancer. This is commonly used to treat 3 types of cancer these types include breast, ovarian and non small cell lung cancer.
What Philippine plant contains taxol?
Taxol is a chemical substance derived from a yew tree of the pacific coast.
What is a chemical in pacific yew tree bark that has cancer fighting properties?
taxol
How could the use of colchicine and taxol be beneficial in the treatment of cancer?
Because it is.. pfft
What plant is the source of taxol and what is the function of taxol in this plant?
Taxol is derived from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, scientifically known as Taxus brevifolia. In the plant, taxol functions as a defense mechanism against herbivores and pathogens by stabilizing the microtubules, thereby inhibiting cell division. This property is what makes taxol valuable in medicine, especially for its use in cancer treatment.
What is the chemical in yew tree bark?
The chemical in yew tree bark is taxol, which is a powerful anti-cancer compound that has been used in cancer treatments.
Why taxol has no effect on bacterial cells?
Taxol, or paclitaxel, is a chemotherapy drug that stabilizes microtubules and inhibits cell division in eukaryotic cells, particularly cancer cells. Bacterial cells, however, lack microtubules and the cytoskeletal structures that Taxol targets, rendering the drug ineffective against them. Additionally, bacterial cell division relies on different mechanisms, such as binary fission, which are unaffected by Taxol's action on eukaryotic microtubules. As a result, Taxol does not have any significant impact on bacterial growth or division.
In animal cells taxol an anti-cancer drug binds to microtubules and accelerates their assembly stopping mitosis so what in the cell cycle does taxol affect?
Taxol binds to ß-tubulin to promote microtubule assembly and it stabilises the microtubules and messes up the equilibrium between tubulin and microtubule. A cell with stable microtubules proceeds to programmed cell death without dividing. Nathalie Narraidoo University of Nottingham
Where was taxol discovered?
Taxol was first discovered in Taxus brevifolia Nutt in 1971.
What phylum was taxol originally found?
Confirerophyta is the phylum where taxol was originally found.
Why does taxus brevifolius have potential as an anticancer drug?
Because Taxol can induce the assembly of tubulin into microtubules and stabalizes them to the extent that mitosis of cancer cells is disrupted.
