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Plant Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Elder
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
PLANTARENALOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SKATOLE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STANSIOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 600.0 690.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
TECOMANINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TECOMINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TECOSTANINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TECOSTIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTAMINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiabscess 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *