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MeSH Heading: Taxoids
Tree Number(s): D02.455.426.392.368.242.888; D02.455.849.291.850
Unique ID: D043823
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D043823
Annotation: ROTAXANES is also available
Scope Note: A group of diterpenoid CYCLODECANES named for the taxanes that were discovered in the TAXUS tree. The action on MICROTUBULES has made some of them useful as ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS.
Entry Term(s): Taxanes; Taxoid
Registry Numbers: 0
Previous Indexing: Paclitaxel (1992-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
Date Introduced: 2004/01/01
Last Updated: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Taxoids MeSH Descriptor Data 2026