A Copper-Paclitaxel crystal; a medicinally active drug delivery platform.

Paclitaxel is a well-known cancer drug that functions as a mitotic inhibitor. This work focuses on a copper based crystal that encapsulates the pharmaceutical agent and serves as a drug delivery agent. A Copper-Pacitaxil chloride (CUPAC) complex is synthesized and tested against the National Cancer Institute's sixty cell line panel.