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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ABSCISSIC-ACID 0 Seed *
(-)-2-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYL-3-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYLIDENE)-BUTANE-1,4-DIOL 0 Shoot 4.0 *
(-)-HIBALACTONE 0 Shoot 10.0 *
(-)-ISOHIBALACTONE 0 Shoot 7.0 *
(-)-MATAIRESINOL 1 Shoot 4.0 *
(-)-RHODODENDRIN 0 Twig *
(-)-RHODODENDROL 0 Twig *
(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Twig *
(R)-TAXIPHYLLINE 0 Plant *
(S)-DHURRINE 0 Plant *
1-DEHYDROXYBACCATIN-4 0 Wood *
10-DEACETYLBACCATIN 0 Twig *
10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Stem Bark *
10-DEACETYLTAXANE 0 Stem Bark *
13-DECINNAMOYLTAXICHINNIN-B 0 Twig *
19-HYDROXYBACCATIN 0 Leaf *
1BETA-HYDROXYBACCATIN-1 1 Wood *
3,4-DIVANILLYLTETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Plant *
3-DEMETHYL-(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Plant *
4'-O-DEMETHYLSUCHILACTONE 0 Twig *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 9 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 1 *
Apoptotic 3 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 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.
Ascaricide 1 *
Astringent 3 Merck 11th Edition
Bacteristat 1 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bronchodilator 3 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 11 Jim Duke's personal files.
Candidicide 3 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 3 *
Cardiac 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.