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Taxus
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Industrial Profiles
Individual volumes in this series provide both industry and academia
with in-depth coverage of one major genus of industrial importance.
Edited by Dr Roland Hardman
Volume 1
Valerian
, edited by Peter J. Houghton
Volume 2
Perilla
, edited by He-ci Yu, Kenichi Kosuna
and Megumi Haga
Volume 3
Poppy
, edited by Jenö Bernáth
Volume 4
Cannabis
, edited by David T. Brown
Volume 5
Neem
, edited by H.S. Puri
Volume 6
Ergot
, edited by Vladimír Kˇen and Ladislav Cvak
Volume 7
Caraway
, edited by Éva Németh
Volume 8
Saffron
, edited by Moshe Negbi
Volume 9
Tea Tree
, edited by Ian Southwell and Robert Lowe
Volume 10
Basil
, edited by Raimo Hiltunen and Yvonne Holm
Volume 11
Fenugreek
, edited by Georgios Petropoulos
Volume 12
Gingko biloba
, edited by Teris A. Van Beek
Volume 13
Black Pepper
, edited by P.N. Ravindran
Volume 14
Sage
, edited by Spiridon E. Kintzios
Volume 15
Ginseng
, edited by W.E. Court
Volume 16
Mistletoe
, edited by Arndt Büssing
Volume 17
Te a
, edited by Yong-su Zhen
Volume 18
Artemisia
, edited by Colin W. Wright
Volume 19
Stevia
, edited by A. Douglas Kinghorn
Volume 20
Vetiveria
, edited by Massimo Maffei
Volume 21
Narcissus and Daffodil
, edited by Gordon R. Hanks
Volume 22
Eucalyptus
, edited by John J.W. Coppen
Volume 23
Pueraria
, edited by Wing Ming Keung
Volume 24
Thyme
, edited by E. Stahl-Biskup and F. Sáez
Volume 25
Oregano
, edited by Spiridon E. Kintzios
Volume 26
Citrus
, edited by Giovanni Dugo and
Angelo Di Giacomo
Volume 27
Geranium and Pelargonium
, edited by
Maria Lis-Balchin
Volume 28
Magnolia
, edited by Satyajit D. Sarker and
Yuji Maruyama
Volume 29
Lavender
, edited by Maria Lis-Balchin
Volume 30
Cardamom
, edited by P.N. Ravindran and
K.J. Madhusoodanan
Volume 31
Hypericum
, edited by Edzard Ernst
Volume 32
Taxus
, edited by H. Itokawa and K.-H. Lee
© 2003 Taylor & Francis
Taxus
The genus
Taxus
Edited by
Hideji Itokawa
and Kuo-Hsiung Lee
© 2003 Taylor & Francis
First published 2003
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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Taxus : the genus taxus / edited by Hideji Itokawa and Kuo-Hsiung Lee.
p. cm. – (Medicinal and aromatic plants – industrial profiles; v. 32)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Paclitaxel. 2. Taxus. I. Itokawa, Hideji. II. Lee, Kuo-Hsiung. III. Series.
RC271.P27 T396 2003
615
.3252–dc21
2002151660
ISBN 0-203-38114-9 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-38810-0 (Adobe eReader Format)
© 2003 Taylor & Francis
ISBN 0–415–29837–7 (hbk. : alk. paper)
The authors would like to dedicate this book in tribute to
Dr Monroe E. Wall, the discoverer of the novel anticancer agent Taxol
© 2003 Taylor & Francis
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