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Common Names
Pau d'arco; Taheebo
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiPMS | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipodriac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antipsoriac | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiradicular | 4 | Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990. |
| Antiretroviral | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antirheumatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisarcomic | 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. |
| Antiseptic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisickling | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispasmodic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitrypanosomic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |