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
Tachycardic	1	Martindale's 28th
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019.
Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tracheorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Vasoconstrictor	1	Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229