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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fungistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Genotoxic | 1 | 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. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hypoglycemic | 1 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Immunostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Insectifuge | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectifuge? | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Insulinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 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. |
| Larvistat | 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. |