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

Common Names

Pau D'Arco

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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
Immunostimulant	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	2	Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge	3	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Keratitigenic	1	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant	1	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.