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
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hemostat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypertensive	1	Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	2	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).