Chemicals and Drugs

Taxoids

A group of diterpenoid CYCLODECANES named for the taxanes that were discovered in the TAXUS tree. The action on MICROTUBULES has made some of them useful as ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS.

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Abstract

A group of diterpenoid CYCLODECANES named for the taxanes that were discovered in the TAXUS tree. The action on MICROTUBULES has made some of them useful as ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Taxoid
  • Taxanes

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Aspects Covered

24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

ROTAXANES is also available

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History Note

2004

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Previous Indexing

  • Paclitaxel (1992-2003)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D02w.455w.426w.392.368w.242w.888w
  2. D02w.455w.849w.291w.850w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Taxoids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D043823. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D043823
  2. Taxoids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxoid
  3. Taxoids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7689669