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Plant Tabebuia heptaphylla (Bignoniaceae)

Common Names
Pau D'Arco
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Pesticide 10 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Schistosomicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Termiticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.