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
4BETULOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-DEACETYL-BACCATIN-1	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CONIDENDRIN	0	Shoot	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-1	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-2	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-3	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-4	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-5	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-6	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-7	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BACCATINE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Leaf	4.0	220.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-RESORCYLIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BREVIFOLIOL	1	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	0.9	4.7	-0.72	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
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	16	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	6	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *