University Chemistry ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (9): 2206049.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202206049

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The Anti-Cancer Legend of Paclitaxel

Caixia Li1, Rui Liu1, Yi Lv2,*()   

  1. 1 College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
    2 Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • Received:2022-06-16 Accepted:2022-08-05 Published:2022-09-14
  • Contact: Yi Lv E-mail:lvy@scu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The incidence and mortality rate of cancer are high and many people died from cancer every year. In order to improve the survival rate of cancer patients, scientists have long been searching for medicines. Paclitaxel has excellent performance in cancer chemotherapy and it gives new hope to cancer patients. In this paper, paclitaxel is introduced from three aspects: discovery history, synthesis method and the mechanism.

Key words: Paclitaxel, Cancer, Taxus chinensis, Chemotherapy, Synthesis