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Medicinal plant harvested from wild for anticancer compound is
Medicinal plant harvested from wild for anticancer compound is
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The correct option is A Taxus baccata
- Taxus baccata is a conifer originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may now be known as common yew, English yew, or European Yew. It is native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
- Pharmaceutical companies make paclitaxel (Taxol), a prescription drug for the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer, from the bark of the yew tree. They extract paclitaxel, leaving the poisonous chemicals in yew behind.
- Hence Medicinal plant harvested from wild the for anticancer compound is Taxus baccata.
- So, the correct answer is 'Taxus baccata'.
- Taxus baccata is a conifer originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may now be known as common yew, English yew, or European Yew. It is native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
- Pharmaceutical companies make paclitaxel (Taxol), a prescription drug for the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer, from the bark of the yew tree. They extract paclitaxel, leaving the poisonous chemicals in yew behind.
- Hence Medicinal plant harvested from wild the for anticancer compound is Taxus baccata.
- So, the correct answer is 'Taxus baccata'.
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