摘要 |
An improved method for the isolation of taxanes of high purity from the crude extract of naturally occurring Taxus canadensis which comprises the steps of: a) filtering the crude extract by liquid column chromatography; b) enriching the taxanes obtained from step a) by precipitation and crystallization; and c) dissolving the taxanes extract in a polar organic solvent mixture comprising an alcohol and a non-alcohol solvent, which solution is then subjected to further separation by liquid column chromatography, and isolating substantially pure paclitaxel from cephalomannine; and all solvent mixtures used may be collected, purified and recycled without separation. |