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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
SKATOLE 0 Plant *
STANSIOSIDE 0 Plant *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 600.0 690.0 -0.55 *
TECOMANINE 0 Plant *
TECOMINE 1 Leaf *
TECOSTANINE 1 Leaf *
TECOSTIDINE 0 Leaf *
TRYPTAMINE 4 Plant *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insectifuge 3 (View) Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinotonic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 (View) *
Juvabional 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvistat 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lubricant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Lymphocytogenic 1 (View) Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic 1 (View) *
Metal-Chelator 2 (View) McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Monoamine-Precursor 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mutagenic 1 (View) *
Narcotic 1 (View) *
Nematicide 2 (View) Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.