Plant Tabebuia heptaphylla (Bignoniaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pau D'Arco

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ALUMINUM	5	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Bark	32.0	181.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Bark	14857.0	83000.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Bark	0.8	4.3	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Bark	5836.0	32600.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Bark	146064.0	816000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Bark	0.2	0.9	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Bark	3.0	15.1	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRO-ALPHA-LAPACHONE	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROISOLAPACHONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROTECTOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Bark	895.0	5000.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Bark	not available	152000.0	-0.26	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Bark	not available	152000.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Bark	not available	494000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Bark	not available	2610.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL	48	Bark	not available	not available	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
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Fungicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	5	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	5	Duke, 1992 *