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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ABSCISSIC-ACID 0 Seed *
(-)-2-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYL-3-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYLIDENE)-BUTANE-1,4-DIOL 0 Shoot 4.0 *
(-)-HIBALACTONE 0 Shoot 10.0 *
(-)-ISOHIBALACTONE 0 Shoot 7.0 *
(-)-MATAIRESINOL 1 Shoot 4.0 *
(-)-RHODODENDRIN 0 Twig *
(-)-RHODODENDROL 0 Twig *
(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Twig *
(R)-TAXIPHYLLINE 0 Plant *
(S)-DHURRINE 0 Plant *
1-DEHYDROXYBACCATIN-4 0 Wood *
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN 0 Twig *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Stem Bark *
10-DEACETYLTAXANE 0 Stem Bark *
13-DECINNAMOYLTAXICHINNIN-B 0 Twig *
19-HYDROXYBACCATIN 0 Leaf *
1BETA-HYDROXYBACCATIN-1 1 Wood *
3,4-DIVANILLYLTETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Plant *
3-DEMETHYL-(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Plant *
4'-O-DEMETHYLSUCHILACTONE 0 Twig *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunosuppressant 3 *
Insecticide 2 Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Irritant 1 *
Juvabional 1 *
Keratolytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 2 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 2 Kobayashi, J., et al. 1997. Effects of Taxoids From Taxus cuspidata on Microtubule Depolymerization and Vincristine Accumulation in MDR Cells. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 7: 393-398.
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mydriatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Myocardiotonic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Myorelaxant 2 *
Nephrotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
NO-Inhibitor 1 *