What are some medicinal drugs that contain/derived from plants ?
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im having difficulties in finding one :(
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Answer:
Taxol is from the Yew, i forget the actual genus and species name. I think the genus is Tsuga but dont quote me on that one. But basically taxol is an anti-cancer drug. If you know anything about cancer you know that it is rapid and uncontrollable mitosis. One of the main components of cell division is in the cytoskeletal system, of which microtubules are a member. If you know anything about microtubules, you know that they are formed essentially from dimers of two protein subunits beta tubulin and alpha tubulin that come together and form more complex structures. But taxol puts a cap on one of or both of the subunits so that the other cannot bind this basically arrests mitosis. Since cancer is uncontrollable mitosis this is an ideal way to combat it.
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