different between paclitaxel vs taxol

English

Etymology

From Pac(ific yew) +? (brevifo)li(a) +? -taxel (“alteration of taxol”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pak.l??tak.s?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæk.l??tæk.sl?/

Noun

paclitaxel (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A taxane antineoplastic drug C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄ originally isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, but now typically derived as a semisynthetic product of the English yew; it interferes with microtubule function and inhibits cell division, and is used in the treatment of some cancers, especially those of the breast and ovary.

Derived terms

• paclitaxel ceribate
• paclitaxel poliglumex
• paclitaxel trevatide
• -taxel (“antineoplastic”)

References

• “paclitaxel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “paclitaxel”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific Latin term Taxus (a genus name).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæks?l/

Noun

taxol (plural taxols)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) A taxane, C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄, used to treat cancer; Taxol.
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001), page 20:

     The powerful anti-cancer drug taxol is extracted from the leaves of the yew tree.