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- ...]] as the plant is a source of the class of poisonous chemicals known as [[taxane]]s, which have been a focus for [[cancer]] research. ''T. canadensis'' is m The most abundant taxane in ''T. canadensis'' is 9-dihydro-13-acetylbaccatin III, which can be effec5 KB (689 words) - 12:26, 7 July 2010
- ...abling ingestion and dispersal by birds. The major toxin is the alkaloid [[taxane]]. The foliage remains toxic even when wilted or dried. [[Horse]]s have the ...e harvesting of paclitaxel for cancer treatments. [[Docetaxel]] (another [[taxane]]) can then be obtained by semi-synthetic conversion from the precursors.23 KB (3,699 words) - 12:27, 7 July 2010