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Common Names
Common Yew
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEQUOIAFLAVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SEQUOYITOL | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| SOTETSUFLAVONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCHILACTONE | 0 | Twig | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | 0.0 | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,10BETA-TETRAOL-5,7,10-TRIACETATE-2ALPHA-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-HEXAOL-HEXACETATE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA-PENTAOL-5,7,9,10-TETRAACETATE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA-PENTAOL-7,9,10-TRIACETATE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,9ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-PENTAOL-PENTACETATE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-PENTAOL-PENTACETATE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-5ALPHA,9-ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-TETRAOL-9,10-DIACETATE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXACATINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXICATIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXICATIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXIGIFINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXINE-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXINE-B | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXIPHYLLIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Prostate) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlastogen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoronary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 1 | A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidote | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |