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
CEPHALOMANINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALOMANNINE	3	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Leaf	4.0	595.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ECDYSTERONE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRINE	49	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCHESCHOLTZXANTHONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERREDOXIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	0.1	3.5	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	0.0	0.3	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-RESORCYLIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Leaf	0.0	11.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINKGETIN	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINKGETIN	11	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Leaf	12.0	39.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLARICIRESINOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOTAXIRESINOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOTAXIRESINOL-6-METHYL-ETHER	0	Wood	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
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHSV-1	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiichthyosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinflammatory	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	7	Duke, 1992 *