Constituents of the yew trees

Authors
Parmar, VS Jha, A Bisht, KS Taneja, P Singh, SK Kumar, A",Poonam,"Jain, R Olsen, CE
Citation
Vs. Parmar et al., Constituents of the yew trees, PHYTOCHEM, 50(8), 1999, pp. 1267-1304
Citations number
268
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00319422 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1267 - 1304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(199904)50:8<1267:COTYT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Yew trees, taxonomically classified under the genus Taxus, are sources of a number of physiologically active compounds of different classes. Taxane de rivatives with various carbon skeletons, lignans, flavonoids, steroids and sugar derivatives have been isolated from different Taxus species. Compound s isolated from the genus Taxus between 1908 and December 1997 have been co mprehensively reviewed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.