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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
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 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 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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Jim Duke's personal files.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 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 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 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.