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
(+)-ABSCISSIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-2-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYL-3-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYLIDENE)-BUTANE-1,4-DIOL	0	Shoot	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-HIBALACTONE	0	Shoot	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ISOHIBALACTONE	0	Shoot	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MATAIRESINOL	1	Shoot	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-RHODODENDRIN	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-RHODODENDROL	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(R)-TAXIPHYLLINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(S)-DHURRINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-DEHYDROXYBACCATIN-4	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-DEACETYLTAXANE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
13-DECINNAMOYLTAXICHINNIN-B	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
19-HYDROXYBACCATIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1BETA-HYDROXYBACCATIN-1	1	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIVANILLYLTETRAHYDROFURAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEMETHYL-(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'-O-DEMETHYLSUCHILACTONE	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianacarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiappetant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	2	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 407.
Antiarthritic	2	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiasthmatic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antibradykinic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	3	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	3	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *