Baseret på den offentliggjorte litteratur viser in vitro undersøgelser med humane levermikrosomer og vævssnit, at paclitaxel primært bliver metaboliseret til 6α- hydroxypaclitaxel og til to mindre metabolitter, 3 ’ - p- hydroxypaclitaxel og 6α- 3 ’ - p- dihydroxypaclitaxel.
Based on the published literature, in vitro studies with human liver microsomes and tissue slices show that paclitaxel is metabolised primarily to 6α -hydroxypaclitaxel; and to two minor metabolites, 3’ -p-hydroxypaclitaxel and 6α -3’ -p-dihydroxypaclitaxel.