Taxanes, such as, e.g., taxinin Β 1 or taxol 2, are unu­ sual hydroxylated diterpenes which occur in plants of the family Taxaceae, to which the yew tree (Taxus baccata L.) belongs. The antileukemic and antitumoral activities of some taxanes and the problems encountered in the syn­ thesis of the unusual tricyclic carbon skeleton 3 have aroused increasing interest in recent years . According to ...

The paper highlights some of the most important Ayurvedic medicinal plants of North Eastern India having anticancer potential. A brief review of distribution and pharmacological study (both in vivo and in vitro) of ten Ayurvedic medicinal plants of the region published by various researchers is illustrated in this paper. The medicinal plants discussed here are Enhydra Fluctuans Lour (Sanskrit: ...