Tissue Distribution of Novel Polymeric Micellar Paclitaxel in Mice

  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

Paclitaxel is a diterpenoid isolated from Taxus brevifolia and is an active anticancer drug for the treatment of ovarian cancer, breast cancer and Kaposi's sarcoma. Due to its low solubility in water, it is dissolved in Cremophor EL(polyethoxylated castor oil) and ethanol, which cause serious side effects including hypersensitivity. BLK460 was developed as a novel polymeric micellar paclitaxel formulation containing Aceporol460 as solubilizer (omitted)

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