A taxonomic treatment of Taxus (Taxaceae) is presented, based on morphological
characters. The genus is proposed to have 24 species and 55 varieties; 24 species and 26 …

One aspect of secondary metabolite production that has been studied relatively infrequently
is the effect of gaseous compounds on plant cell behavior. The most influential gases are …

Seasonal variations of the phytochemicals contents in needles of T. wallichiana var. mairei
due to the effects of growth meteorological parameters were investigated in this study. The …

Taxol is an important drug used for the treatment of various types of cancer. It is primarily
obtained from Taxus brevifolia bark and has a long history of the developmental program of …

Seasonal variations of taxoid constituents were determined in shoots of European Yew
collected from two locations. The first samples originated from a male Taxus baccata tree …

Taxol, originally derived from the North American Yew tree in 1971, is well-known worldwide
as a powerful anticancer agent. Mechanistically, it has a unique microtubule stabilizing …

The morphological similarities of most Taxus species (Yews) questions the correct
identification of many samples of plant material. To determine if real differences exist …

The concentrations of paclitaxel, 10-deacetylbaccatin III (10-DAB III), basic taxoids (=“total
alkaloids”, TA), taxine B and isotaxine B (=“taxines B”, TBS) in the dried needles of 127 trees …

I grew up in a small country town in the west of Anatolia, Turkey. During my childhood, I was
acquainted with nature through my father who was a biology teacher in a high school …

A small to medium-sized evergreen tree, native to southwest Asia, northern Iran, Europe,
and northwest Africa. Yew was known to the Greeks and Romans as a poisonous plant …