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
ISOTAXIRESINOL-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOTRIGLOCHININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAYAFLAVONE	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTONE-DIOL	0	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	1	Leaf	0.0	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYOINOSITOL-P-COUMARIC-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	4.0	965.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
P-HDYROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.4	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Leaf	5.0	60.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOROGLUCINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Leaf	9.0	35.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
PYROCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Leaf	0.0	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHODOXANTHIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Leaf	0.0	4.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SCHIKIMIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCIADOPITYSIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCIADOPITYSIN	3	Twig	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
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	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.