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Plant Tabebuia impetiginosa (Bignoniaceae)

Common Names
Pau d'arco; Taheebo
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TECTOQUINONE 3 Heart Wood not available 150.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERATRIC-ACID 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERATRIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOIDONE 3 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterotrophic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Vasodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.