Common Names
Pau d'arco; Taheebo
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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 * |