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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Candidicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Copper-Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.