| abstract |
Osteogenesis promoters containing taxoids represented by general formula (I) in amounts effective for osteogenesis: wherein X and Y are each independently hydroxyl or a group convertible into hydroxyl in vivo; R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl, naphthyl, furyl, or thienyl; R2 is alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, furyl, thienyl, alkoxy, or alkylamino; and R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, benzoyl, naphthoyl, furoyl, thenoyl, alkoxycarboyl, or dialkylcarbamoyl. |