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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
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-VIOLAXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN 57 Bark not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-SKYTANTHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 200000.0 230000.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYPHENYLLACTIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL 48 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOCHROME 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NORMETHYL-SKYTANTHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 4800.0 5520.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECATETRAENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 3800.0 4370.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 8200.0 9430.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 1400.0 1610.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1200.0 1380.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE-I 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE-II 0 Plant 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
Ovicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 10 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Piscicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Respiradepressant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Schistosomicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 3 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.