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Plant Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Elder
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
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 *
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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
Gastroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypnotic 2 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypoglycemic 5 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunostimulant 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *