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Plant Tabebuia impetiginosa (Bignoniaceae)

Common Names
Pau d'arco; Taheebo
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
DEHYDRO-ALPHA-LAPACHONE 3 Heart Wood not available 62.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRO-ALPHA-LAPACHONE 3 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYLAPACHOL 3 Heart Wood not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KIGELINONE 0 Bark not available 2.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
KIGELINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHENOLE 0 Bark 15.0 150.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHENOLE 0 Heart Wood not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL 48 Bark not available 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL 48 Heart Wood not available 41240.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL 48 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL 48 Wood not available 159000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Heart Wood not available 26.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MENAQUINONE-1 0 Heart Wood not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
O-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Heart Wood not available 82.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PEONIDIN-3-CINNAMYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHTHIOLOL 0 Heart Wood not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RS-8-HYDROXY-2-(1'-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-NAPHTHO-(2,3,B)-FURAN-4,9-DIONE 0 Stem Bark not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TABEBUIN 0 Heart Wood not available 20.0 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
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiexudative 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 Joyeux, M., Rolland, A., Fleurentin, J., Mortier, F., and Dorfman, P. 1989. Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Injury in Isolated Rat Hepatocytes: A Model for Studying Anti-Hepatotoxic Crude Drugs. Planta Medica 56(2): 171-173, 1990.
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypertensive 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 4 Duke, 1992 *