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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
3-TRANS,9-CIS,12-CIS,15-CIS-OCTADECATETRAENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 38000.0 43700.0 *
4-HYDROXYSKYTANTHINE 0 Plant *
4-NORACTINIDINE 0 Plant *
5,6,-MONOEPOXYCRYPTOXANTHIN 0 Flower *
5,6,5',6'-DIEPOXYCRYPTOXANTHIN 0 Flower *
5-DEHYDROSKYTANTHINE 0 Plant *
5-DEOXYSTANSIOSIDE 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXYSPUTANTHIN 0 Plant *
7(A)-HYDROXYSKYTANTHINE 0 Plant *
9-HYDROXYSPUTANTHIN 0 Plant *
ACTINIDINE 4 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 4500.0 -0.31 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 4000.0 -0.61 *
AMARELOSIDE 0 Plant *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Flower *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID 6 Plant *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit *
BOSCHNIAKINE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antixerophthalmic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 1 (View) *
Apoptotic 1 (View) *
Artemicide 1 (View) Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 (View) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Bacteristat 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 (View) *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 (View) *
Cancer-Preventive 6 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Candidicide 2 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 4 (View) *
Cardiac 1 (View) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 1 (View) *
Cardiotonic 1 (View) *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 (View) *
Chemopreventive 3 (View) *
Cholagogue 2 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 (View) 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.
Clastogenic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.