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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.
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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
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 *