Paclitaxel: Sources, Chemistry, Anticancer Actions, and Current Biotechnology

ISBN-13: 9780323909518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021

Mallappa Kumara Swamy; T. Pullaiah; Zhe-Sheng Chen

Spis treści

1. About Cancers and treatment options- An update2. Paclitaxel: Chemistry, synthetic analogues and their anticancer properties3. Taxol: Mechanisms of action against cancer, an update with current research4. Novel forms of Paclitaxel for an effective cancer cure5. Clinical pharmacology of Paclitaxel6. Strategies for enhancing bioavailability of Paclitaxel for cancer treatment7. Application of nanocarriers for Paclitaxel delivery and chemotherapy of cancer8. Paclitaxel: Cancer chemotherapy evidences, advantages, and future directions9. Anticancer Drug Paclitaxel producing plants. Their taxonomy, morphology, identification, distribution and other botanical details (it also includes color photographs of plants)10. Propagation and Micropropagation of Paclitaxel producing plants11. Biotechnology of Paclitaxel producing plants (Paclitaxel production through hairy root cultures, suspension cultures, callus cultures etc)12. Endophytes for the production of anticancer drug, Paclitaxel13. Metabolic engineering strategies to enhance the production of anticancer drug, Paclitaxel14. Paclitaxel and Chemoresistance Chapter15. Overcoming Paclitaxel Resistance16. Paclitaxel and Lung Cancer Treatment17. An update on paclitaxel treatment in Breast cancer-pros and cons