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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Diversities within genotypes, bioactivity and biosynthetic genes of endophytic actinomycetes isolated from three pharmaceutical plants.

4 Aug 2009 One hundred and fifty endophytic actinomycetes were isolated from three pharmaceutical plants, Annonaceae squamosal, Camptotheca acuminate and Taxus chinensis. Bioactivity test showed that 72.4% of the endophytic actinomycetes displayed inhibition ... Read more...

Screening of species of the endophytic fungus Phomopsis for the production of the anticancer drug taxol.

4 Jul 2009 Three different strains of the endophytic fungus Phomopsis were isolated from the healthy leaves of Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew), Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo or maidenhair tree) and Larix leptolepis (Japanese larch) and screened for the production of ... Read more...

Molecular responses of phospholipids of Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew) to hydrodynamic shear stress in bubble columns.

20 Jun 2009 Molecular responses of phospholipids of Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew) cells to hydrodynamic shear stress were investigated by using two bubble columns with different nozzle sizes. T. cuspidata cells cultured in bubble columns responded with an ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Taxus'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Diversities within genotypes, bioactivity and biosynthetic genes of endophytic actinomycetes isolated from three pharmaceutical plants. 4 Aug 2009
• Screening of species of the endophytic fungus Phomopsis for the production of the anticancer drug taxol. 4 Jul 2009
• Molecular responses of phospholipids of Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew) to hydrodynamic shear stress in bubble columns. 20 Jun 2009
• Taxol biosynthesis: Identification and characterization of two acetyl CoA:taxoid-O-acetyl transferases that divert pathway flux away from Taxol production. 4 Jun 2009
• Management of isolated yew berry toxicity with sodium bicarbonate: a case report in treatment efficacy. 30 May 2009
• Isolation and characterization of endophytic taxol-producing fungi from Taxus chinensis. 28 May 2009
• An endophytic taxol-producing fungus from Taxus media, Cladosporium cladosporioides MD2. 28 May 2009
• Effect of DNA methylation on 18S rRNA gene sequences during culture of Taxus chinensis cells. 29 Apr 2009
• Preparative separation and enrichment of four taxoids from Taxus chinensis needles extracts by macroporous resin column chromatography. 29 Apr 2009
• Identification of taxanes in extracts from leaves of Taxus baccata L. using (13)C-NMR spectroscopy. 29 Apr 2009
• An N-aroyltransferase of the BAHD superfamily has broad aroyl CoA specificity in vitro with analogues of N-dearoylpaclitaxel. 27 Apr 2009
• In vitro and in vivo anticancer activity of 2-deacetoxytaxinine J and synthesis of novel taxoids and their in vitro anticancer activity. 20 Apr 2009
• Images in cardiovascular medicine. Yew causes brugada ECG. 5 Apr 2009
• [Research of extracting and purifying taxol from the branches of Taxus media] 30 Mar 2009
• Effect of seven tricyclic diterpenoids from needles of Taxus media var. Hicksii on stimulus-induced superoxide generation, tyrosyl or serine/threonine phosphorylation and translocation of cytosolic compounds to the cell membrane in human neutrophils. 11 Mar 2009
• Taxusecone, a novel taxane with an unprecedented 11,12-secotaxane skeleton, from Taxus cuspidata needles. 5 Mar 2009
• Production of taxa-4(5),11(12)-diene by transgenic Physcomitrella patens. 23 Feb 2009
• An endophytic taxol-producing fungus from Taxus x media, Aspergillus candidus MD3. 21 Feb 2009
• Cerium elicitor-induced phosphatidic acid triggers apoptotic signaling development in Taxus cuspidata cell suspension cultures. 19 Feb 2009
• Paclitaxel production using co-culture of Taxus suspension cells and paclitaxel-producing endophytic fungi in a co-bioreactor. 25 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Taxus'

Definition: Genus of coniferous yew trees or shrubs, several species of which have medicinal uses. Notable is the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, which is used to make the anti-neoplastic drug taxol (PACLITAXEL).

Descriptor UI: D020946

Alternative terms: Taxus; Taxus brevifolia;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; anatomy & histology; classification; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; toxicity; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: B06.388.400.122.833.500;

History Note: 2000