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Names: Taxus wallichiana ZUCC. (Taxaceae) ; synomym: Taxus baccata subsp. Wallichiana,
Himalayan yew.
Description: Small to medium-sized evergreen tree, with red (seeds covered by arils) . Individual trees are either male or female. Geographical distribution: Asia from Afghanistan through the Himalayas to the Philippines.
Habitat: Temperate moist forests, 1, 500-3, 500 M.
Parts used: Leaves and bark. Young branches are used as fodder in Pakistan. The foliage and Seeds are toxic. The aril (but not the poisonous seed) is eaten.
Uses: Originally, the Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) from the north-west US, has entered the Halls Of Fame because research into its chemistry resulted in the discovery of the now well-known anticancer Drug taxol. The active compound pacilitaxel was first isolated from its bark in 1969. This Was followed by development of a drug by the pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb, Subsequently patented under the name taxol. Clinical trials have shown a 56 per cent success rate In treating breast cancer and a 30 per cent success rate in treating ovarian cancer. Taxol taken in Combination with other drugs increased the response rate to more than 60 per cent (Phillips et AL. 1998) .
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