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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cardioactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrostimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Chemopreventive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Controlled	1	Duke, 1992 *
Corrosive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Counterirritant	1	Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.