Example: A strain named HQD33, with a considerable production yield of paclitaxel, has been isolated and screened from the bark of a hundred-year-old Taxus tree. Through various methods such as ...

Artificial synthesis of paclitaxel in the lab is possible, but due to its complicated chemical structure, it requires many complex steps and is thus even more expensive than extracting it from ...

Even though the isolation of paclitaxel (or "taxol") in pure form took several years, the chemical structure was finally published in 1971. Antitumor activity of paclitaxel was confirmed in 1977 ...