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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
ISOTAXIRESINOL-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Wood *
ISOTRIGLOCHININE 0 Plant *
KAYAFLAVONE 0 Twig *
LACTONE-DIOL 0 Twig *
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit *
M-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 1 Leaf 0.0 0.6 *
MYOINOSITOL-P-COUMARIC-ESTER 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf 4.0 965.0 -0.10 *
P-HDYROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Leaf 0.4 5.0 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf 5.0 60.0 1.41 *
PHLOROGLUCINIC-ACID 0 Leaf 0.0 0.1 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf 9.0 35.0 -0.52 *
PYROCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf 0.0 5.0 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Plant *
RESINS 0 Leaf *
RHODOXANTHIN 1 Fruit *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf 0.0 4.0 1.00 *
SCHIKIMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
SCIADOPITYSIN 3 Leaf *
SCIADOPITYSIN 3 Twig *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cyanogenic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytoprotective 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.
Cytotoxic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Dermatitigenic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Diuretic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Estrogenic 1 *
Expectorant 1 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 8 *
Fungistat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungitoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.