Taxol

[tak-sawl, ‑sohl]

Trademark.

1. a chemical substance derived from a yew tree, Taxus brevifolia, of the Pacific Northwest: used experimentally as a drug in the treatment of cancer.

Example Sentences

Sometimes prescribed under the brand name Taxol, paclitaxel is used to treat common malignancies including those originating in the ovaries and lungs.

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Other prominent examples of drugs derived from natural products currently used today include the anti-fungal amphotericin B, isolated from the soil bacteria Streptomyces nodosus, the chemotherapy taxol, isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, and the immunosuppressant cyclosporin, isolated from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum.

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Called Abraxane, it was a redesigned version of a top-selling cancer drug called Taxol.

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Before and after I received recurrent infusions of Taxol and carboplatin, I was given the steroid dexamethasone to prevent nausea.

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The Taxol, with a carboplatin boost, is supposed to rinse the lesions from her lungs and some post-surgical cancer lower in her hull.

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