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Paclitaxel

"Paclitaxel" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A cyclodecane isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, TAXUS BREVIFOLIA. It stabilizes MICROTUBULES in their polymerized form leading to cell death.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Paclitaxel" by people in this website by year, and whether "Paclitaxel" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 78 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2008 and 2015
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