Abstract:

Taxus is the natural source of paclitaxel that is a broad-spectrum anti-tumor drug. Chinese Taxus resources account more than half of the global reserves and the exports account for a quarter of the world's total production, but the Taxus export value accounts only one tenth of the world's total output value. Therefore, how to quickly increase the added value of Taxus products and establish a complete high value-added industrial chain is the key to the development of Taxus industry. Consequently, the resource reserves, product types, product quality control and its analytical control methods, technical bottlenecks and industrial scale of Taxus were investigated in this study. The reasons for the lack of wild resources, unified planning and layout of artificial resources and high price products in current Chinese yew industry were analyzed. At last, the suggestion on the resource reserves, technological innovation directions and industrial development plans of Taxus were provided. This study may provide theoretical basis and data support for the green industrialization of Taxus.

Key words: Taxus, paclitaxel, industry status, development trend