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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SEQUOIAFLAVONE 0 Plant *
SEQUOYITOL 0 Wood 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 *
SUCHILACTONE 0 Twig *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Leaf 0.0 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Leaf *
TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,10BETA-TETRAOL-5,7,10-TRIACETATE-2ALPHA-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Wood *
TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-HEXAOL-HEXACETATE 0 Wood *
TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA-PENTAOL-5,7,9,10-TETRAACETATE 0 Wood *
TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA-PENTAOL-7,9,10-TRIACETATE 0 Wood *
TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-2ALPHA,5ALPHA,9ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-PENTAOL-PENTACETATE 0 Wood *
TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-5ALPHA,7BETA,9ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-PENTAOL-PENTACETATE 0 Wood *
TAXA-4(20),11-DIENE-5ALPHA,9-ALPHA,10BETA,13ALPHA-TETRAOL-9,10-DIACETATE 0 Wood *
TAXACATINE 0 Plant *
TAXICATIN 0 Leaf *
TAXICATIN 0 Seed *
TAXIGIFINE 0 Leaf *
TAXINE-A 0 Leaf *
TAXINE-B 3 Leaf *
TAXIPHYLLIN 1 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitonsilitic 1 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitumor 9 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 5 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 1 *