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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Taxus baccata (Taxaceae)

Common Names
Common Yew
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TAXIRESINOL 0 Shoot *
TAXIRESINOL 0 Wood *
TAXOL 9 Leaf *
TAXOL-A 0 Plant *
TAXOL-B 0 Plant *
TAXUSIDE 0 Leaf *
TAXUSIN 0 Wood *
TETRAOL 0 Leaf *
TETRAOL 0 Plant *
TETRAOL 0 Wood *
TOXIM 0 Leaf *
TRIGLOCHININE 0 Plant *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf 5.0 21.0 1.15 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardioactive 1 *
Cardioprotective 1 *
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 *
Cerebrostimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Chemopreventive 4 *
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 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
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 *
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 *
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.