Taxol is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Taxol in a sentence
Taxol meaning
Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
Using Taxol
- The main meaning on this page is: Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
- In the example corpus, taxol often appears in combinations such as: for taxol.
Context around Taxol
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Taxol
- In this selection, "taxol" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, name, compound, produce and sfn stand out and add context to how "taxol" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include baccata to taxol sfn the and demand for taxol might be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "taxol" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with taxol
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1990, BMS applied to trademark the name taxol as Taxol(R). (12 words)
In 1978, two NCI researchers published a report showing taxol was mildly effective in leukaemic mice. (16 words)
By virtue of its structure, 10-deacetylbaccatin was seen as a viable starting material for a short semisynthesis to produce taxol. (21 words)
While both the size of the wild population of Taxus brevifola and the magnitude of the eventual demand for taxol were uncertain, it was clear for many years that an alternative, sustainable source of supply of the natural product would be needed. (42 words)
One of these samples from the bark of a single Pacific yew tree was found to be toxic to cells and in 1967 scientists had isolated the active ingredient and named this pure compound, taxol. (35 words)
By 1988 Poitier and collaborators had published a semisynthetic route from needles of T. baccata to taxol.sfn The view of the NCI, however, was even this route was not practical. (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
In 1990, BMS applied to trademark the name taxol as Taxol(R).
One of these samples from the bark of a single Pacific yew tree was found to be toxic to cells and in 1967 scientists had isolated the active ingredient and named this pure compound, taxol.
But by then it was recognized that the demand for taxol might be substantial and that more than 60,000 pounds of bark might be needed as a minimum.
By 1988 Poitier and collaborators had published a semisynthetic route from needles of T. baccata to taxol.sfn The view of the NCI, however, was even this route was not practical.
By virtue of its structure, 10-deacetylbaccatin was seen as a viable starting material for a short semisynthesis to produce taxol.
In 1978, two NCI researchers published a report showing taxol was mildly effective in leukaemic mice.
The drugs that can alter microtubule dynamics include: * The cancer-fighting taxane class of drugs ( paclitaxel (taxol) and docetaxel ) block dynamic instability by stabilizing GDP-bound tubulin in the microtubule.
While both the size of the wild population of Taxus brevifola and the magnitude of the eventual demand for taxol were uncertain, it was clear for many years that an alternative, sustainable source of supply of the natural product would be needed.
Common combinations with taxol
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: