Planta Med 1995; 61(3): 290-291
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958080
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Effect of Drying Taxus Needles on their Taxol Content: The Impact of Drying Intact Clippings

H. N. ElSohly1 , El-Kashoury El-Kashoury1 , E. M. Jr.  Croom1, 2 , M. A. ElSohly1, 3 , K. D. Cochran4 , J. D. McChesney1, 2
  • 1Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
  • 3Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
  • 4Secret Arboretum, OARDC, Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A.
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Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Evaluation of various methods of drying yew ( TAXUS) biomass was accomplished. The effect of the separation of the needles from clippings on the taxol content of TAXUS plants was noted. Drying clippings intact preserves their taxol content.

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