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Plant Taxus sumatrana (Taxaceae)

Common Names
Sumatran Yew
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
10-DEACETYL-13-OXOBACCATIN-III 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
19-HYDROXY-13-OXOBACCATIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
19-HYDROXYBACCATIN-III 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPI-10-DEACETYLCEPHALOMANNINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPI-10-DEACETYLTAXOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BACCATIN-III 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALOMANNINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TAXOL 9 Leaf 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
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.