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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Tabebuia heptaphylla (Bignoniaceae)

Common Names
Pau D'Arco
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 *
MANGANESE 14 Bark 0.5 2.7 -0.66 *
NIACIN 39 Bark 1.0 5.7 -0.91 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Bark 21.0 120.0 -0.91 *
POTASSIUM 14 Bark 331.0 1850.0 -0.90 *
PROTEIN 0 Bark 17184.0 96000.0 0.62 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Bark *
SELENIUM 60 Bark 0.2 -0.59 *
SILICON 4 Bark 1.5 8.4 -0.38 *
SODIUM 1 Bark *
THIAMIN 31 Bark Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Bark *
TIN 4 Bark 0.7 3.7 -1.14 *
WATER 0 Bark 821000.0 0.60 *
ZINC 77 Bark 0.1 0.7 -1.17 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 5 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 3 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *