| Also known as ground hemlock, the plant contains paclitaxel, a compound used to make Taxol, the best selling chemotherapy drug in the world. |
| Paclitaxel is the world's largest selling antineoplastic drug. |
| Combinations with carboplatin, gemcitabine, paclitaxel, vinorelbine, topotecan, and irinotecan are also used. |
| The drug, Paclitaxel, is meant to prevent restenosis, the narrowing of the arterial walls after a stent is inserted to unblock an artery. |
| In preclinical and clinical studies at cytostatic doses, paclitaxel has demonstrated promising results for reducing the processes leading to restenosis. |
| Other commonly used drugs are gemcitabine, paclitaxel, docetaxel, pemetrexed, etoposide or vinorelbine. |
