Docetaxel(DTX)

Molecular structure from wikipedia: 1,7β,10β-trihydroxy-9-oxo-5β,20-epoxytax-11-ene-2α,4,13α-triyl 4-acetate 2-benzoate 13-{(2R,3S)-3-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoate}

- a new generation anti cancer drugs for breast, nonsmall-cell lung, ovarianand head and neck cancers.

- poor solubility in water, this prevents the clinical application and bioavailability.