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Ethnobotany Garden - "The role of plants in society"
... European Taxotere seems to be an excellent compromise however its actions are not identical to Taxol and is more expensive to produce. It has both benefits over and negatives compared to ... Institute 1993 Number 15 Washington: Government Printing Office Mitchell, Alan Kenneth 1992 The yews and taxol: a bibliography British Columbia: Pacific Foresty Centre http://metalab.unc.edu/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html ...
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Taxus and Taxol - A Compilation of Research Findings, Special Circular 150-99
... State University Contents Preface Robert C. Hansen Dedication Robert C. Hansen History of the Development of Taxol as a Cancer-Fighting Drug Traditional Uses of Yews A History of Yews in the United ... Robert C. Hansen and Harold Keener Progress Report and Summary: National Cancer Institute Workshop on Taxus, Taxol, and Taxotere Robert C. Hansen, Robert G. Holmes, Ralph B. Shugert Jr., Edward M. Croom ...
ohioline.osu.edu

Ethnobotany Garden - "The role of plants in society"
... -> Honeysuckle - by Glider The Nuts and Bolts of Pest Control - Compiled by Glider The Herbal Holocaust - From Cannabis Culture Magazine Taxus sp. and the Ethnobotanical and Chemical Origins of Taxol - By Dan McDonley (Dmcd) Inca Energy Fudge - By The Ethnobotany Garden Staff Tobacco: A Cross-Cultural Comparison - By Dan McDonley (Dmcd) Cultural Role of Peyote in Native American Society - By Dan ...
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Ohioline Bulletins
... for Treating Wastewater, Bulletin 896 Survival and Growth of Trees of a Canaan Valley, West Virginia Seed Source in Relation to Varying Soil/Site Conditions, Special Circular 175 Taxus and Taxol - A Compilation of Research Findings, Special Circular 150 The Alvin Lloyd Moxon Honorary Lectures on Selenium and Vitamin E, Special Circular 167 The Application of Remote Sensing to the Inventory of ...
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yew genus description
... --a large, single seed surrounded by a soft, fleshy, bright red pulp. Although they look inviting, DON'T TASTE THEM, for the seeds are highly poisonous. All yews contain a natural chemical called taxol, which is very promising in the treatment of certain types of cancer. Only one yew, Pacific yew, is native to the Pacific Northwest. However, English and Irish yews are commonly planted in lawns and ...
oregonstate.edu

Collaborations
... to more specialized botanical works. All of them are welcome ! Ponsettia : A writing about this so popular Chistmas plant. Claudia Lpez Lavinia School (Barcelona) On the Story of Taxol. A study about taxol, a drug against cancer Shane Ashford, sophomore Texas Woman's University Denton, TX 76201 USA Tropisms. A study about plant movements or tropisms Sandi Ratliff, Senior Texas Woman's University ...
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Welcome to the International Society for Ethnopharmacology
... (e.g., atropine, ephedrine, tubocurarine, digoxin, reserpine) came into use through the study of indigenous remedies. Chemists continue to use plant-derived drugs (e.g., morphine, taxol, physostigmine, quinidine, emetine) as prototypes in their attempts to develop more effective and less toxic medicinals. In recent years the preservation of local knowledge, the promotion of indigenous medical ...
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Floridata: Taxus floridana
... taxol with bioengineered fungus. Scientists at Florida State University in Tallahassee were the first to synthesize taxol in 1993, and since then FSU has reaped more than $100 million in royalties from Bristol-Myers Squibb. That same year scientists from Montana State University in Bozeman discovered that taxol is produced by a fungus that grows in association with yew trees. Now researchers at ...
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San Antonio Botanical Garden Plant Research and Development
... Ph.D., is exploring the medical properties of the tacca plant. In the feature article, Express-News writer Cindy Tumiel reported that the tacca root seems to act similarly to paclitaxel (Brand name Taxol), a drug used to treat cancer. This drug fights cancer cells by interfering with the cell's ability to divide and proliferate. Tucked away in the conservatory, 30 tacca plants wage their private ...
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Fungi
... crucial role in the production of extremely beneficial chemical compounds. For example, the cancer-fighting compound taxol, which was originally derived from the Pacific yew, has been found to be a product of ... reported in the New Scientist in April 2000, found not only that multiple endophytes in various yew species produced taxol, but that other fungi in wholly unrelated plants do so too. Since ...
www.the-tree.org.uk