Presentation
Paclitaxel is a taxine alkaloid present in berries, needles and bark of yew. This drug is used in chemotherapy to combat some kinds of cancer such as ovarian, breast or lung cancer. [natoxaq.ku.dk]
Treatment
It is an inhibitor of cell division, therefore being widely used in treatments against cancer. Berries of this plant are sometimes ingested confused with other non-toxic berries. [natoxaq.ku.dk]
Prevention
Leyland-Jones Medicine Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 1990 Hypersensitivity reactions to taxol have been one of the toxicities observed with administration of this drug and guidelines are provided to prevent [semanticscholar.org]