Plant Taxus baccata (Taxaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Common Yew

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ISOTAXIRESINOL-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOTRIGLOCHININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAYAFLAVONE	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTONE-DIOL	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	1	Leaf	0.0	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYOINOSITOL-P-COUMARIC-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	4.0	965.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
P-HDYROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.4	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Leaf	5.0	60.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOROGLUCINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Leaf	9.0	35.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
PYROCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHODOXANTHIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Leaf	0.0	4.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SCHIKIMIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCIADOPITYSIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCIADOPITYSIN	3	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenergic	1	Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic	4	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	7	Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaggregant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *