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
MAGNESIUM	65	Bark	145.0	810.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Bark	0.5	2.7	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Bark	1.0	5.7	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Bark	21.0	120.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Bark	331.0	1850.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Bark	17184.0	96000.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Bark	not available	0.2	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Bark	1.5	8.4	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Bark	0.7	3.7	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Bark	not available	821000.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Bark	0.1	0.7	-1.17	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
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.