Anticancer compound. Chemotherapeutic used in patients with cancer and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma. Microtubule assembly stabilizer. Reversibly binds to polymerized tubulin. Anti-mitotic. Mitotic spindle assembly, chromosome segregation and cell division inhibitor. Induces cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase. Apoptosis inducer through aberrant activation of cyclin-dependent kinases (CKDs) and the c-Jun N-terminal kinase/stress activated protein kinase (JNK/SAPK). Immunosuppressor. Immunostimulant. Antiproliferative agent for the prevention of restenosis.Storage and Stability:Short-term Storage: +4°CLong-term Storage: -20°CStable for at least 2 years after receipt when stored at -20°C.
