Effect of Salicylic Acid and Silver Nitrate on Taxol Production in Taxus baccata

Background: Taxol is an effective anticancer drug used widely in the treatment of a variety of cancers, including carcinomas of the ovary and breast. Taxol was originally isolated from the bark of Pacific yew tree Taxus bervifolia L.. Increasing demand for taxol and resource paucity of Pacific yew t...

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Main Authors: G Asghari, A Mostajeran, H Sadeghi, A Nakhai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR 2012-02-01
Series:Journal of Medicinal Plants
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Online Access:http://jmp.ir/article-1-475-en.html