Paclitaxel → 7-Xylosyl-10-deacetyltaxol B

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According to the first objective of the present invention, an improved process has been developed for isolation of the taxol analogues 7-xylosyl-10-deacetyl taxol A, B, C from the stem bark of Taxus wallichiana in which no solvent partitioning has been used to isolate the analogues. The improved isolation process comprises extracting air dried, pulverized plant materials with alcohols at room temperature, evaporating the solvent to obtain a residue, stirring the resultant residue with water to obtain a thick precipitate, isolating the analogues 7-xylosyl-10-deacetyl-taxol A, 7-xylosyl-10-deacetyl-taxol B and 7-xylosyl-10-deacetyl taxol C from the precipitate by flash chromatography over a bed of silica gel.

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