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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Taxus baccata (Taxaceae)

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Common name(s)
Common Yew
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-ABSCISSIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 (-)-2-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYL-3-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYLIDENE)-BUTANE-1,4-DIOL Shoot -- 4.0 -- *
0 (-)-HIBALACTONE Shoot -- 10.0 -- *
0 (-)-ISOHIBALACTONE Shoot -- 7.0 -- *
1 (-)-MATAIRESINOL Shoot -- 4.0 -- *
0 (-)-RHODODENDRIN Twig -- -- -- *
0 (-)-RHODODENDROL Twig -- -- -- *
0 (-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL Twig -- -- -- *
0 (R)-TAXIPHYLLINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 (S)-DHURRINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 1-DEHYDROXYBACCATIN-4 Wood -- -- -- *
0 10-DEACETYLBACCATIN Twig -- -- -- *
0 10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE Stem Bark -- -- -- *
0 10-DEACETYLTAXANE Stem Bark -- -- -- *
0 13-DECINNAMOYLTAXICHINNIN-B Twig -- -- -- *
0 19-HYDROXYBACCATIN Leaf -- -- -- *
1 1BETA-HYDROXYBACCATIN-1 Wood -- -- -- *
0 3,4-DIVANILLYLTETRAHYDROFURAN Plant -- -- -- *
0 3-DEMETHYL-(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 4'-O-DEMETHYLSUCHILACTONE Twig -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.