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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
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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 *