Docetaxel

Docetaxel is a clinically well established anti-mitotic chemotherapy medication used for the treatment of different types of cancer, including breast, ovarian, and non-small cell lung cancer. Docetaxel is a complex diterpenoid molecule and a semisynthetic analogue of paclitaxel. Docetaxel reversibly binds to microtubulin with high affinity in a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio, allowing it to prevent cell division and promote to cell death. Compared to paclitaxel, docetaxel is two times more potent as an inhibitor of microtubule depolymerization. Docetaxel binds to microtubules but does not interact with dimeric tubulin. The use of docetaxel may lead to udesired outcomes including hepatic impairment, hematologic effects, enterocolitis and neutropenic colitis, hypersensitivity reactions, fluid retention, second primary malignancies, embryo-fetal toxicity, and tumor lysis syndrome. Docetaxel was approved by the FDA in 1996 and is available in solution for injection for intravenous or parenteral administration. It is grouped under the following drug class(es): Antineoplastic agents, Cytotoxics, Microtubule inhibitors, Taxanes and Terpenes. Its therapeutic use is listed as anti-cancer agents and antineoplastics. The directory classifies it as a commercial API with a semi-synthetic source/manufacturing origin. Other names for this substance include Taxotere and Docetaxel anhydrous. Its PubChem CID is 148124.