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Taxus brevifolia
(redirected from western yew)

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Taxus brevifolia [‚tak·səs ‚brev·i′fō·lē·ə]
(botany)
The Pacific yew tree, from which the anticancer compound taxol is derived.


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Paclitaxel, the first organic compound with a taxane ring that has been demonstrated to possess antineoplastic activity, was isolated in 1967 from the bark of the Western yew, Taxus brevifolia.
Western yew -- Taxus brevifolia -- is also called Pacific yew and mountain mahogany.
The tree is also called pacific or western yew and grows on the Pacific Coast and in southwestern Canada.
 
 
 
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