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Plant Taxus yunnanensis (Taxaceae)

Common Names
Yunnan Yew
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN-III 1 Bark not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN-III 1 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN-III 1 Leaf not available 77.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN-III 1 Root not available 140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN-III 1 Twig not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Bark not available 350.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Heart Wood not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Leaf not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Root not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Twig not available 61.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLPACLITAXEL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLPACLITAXEL 0 Heart Wood not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLPACLITAXEL 0 Leaf not available 230.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLPACLITAXEL 0 Root not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLPACLITAXEL 0 Twig not available 240.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1O-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Bark not available 350.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1O-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Heart Wood not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1O-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Leaf not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1O-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Root not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1O-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Twig not available 61.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cytotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Kobayashi, J., et al. 1997. Effects of Taxoids From Taxus cuspidata on Microtubule Depolymerization and Vincristine Accumulation in MDR Cells. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 7: 393-398.