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

H. N. ElSohly; El-Kashoury El-Kashoury; E. M. Croom; M. A. ElSohly; K. D. Cochran; J. D. McChesney

doi:10.1055/s-2006-958080

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

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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. Croom^1, ² , M. A. ElSohly^1, ³ , K. D. Cochran⁴ , J. D. McChesney^1, 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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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.