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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Yucca baccata (Agavaceae)

Common Names
Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca
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
ALUMINUM 5 Root 11.0 51.0 -0.29 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 27.0 131.0 -0.57 *
ASH 0 Root 13520.0 65000.0 -0.07 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1718.0 8260.0 0.09 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 170144.0 818000.0 -0.15 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root *
COBALT 2 Root 0.3 1.2 -0.52 *
EO 0 Root 208.0 2000.0 -0.56 *
FAT 0 Root 4784.0 23000.0 0.00 *
FAT 0 Seed 272000.0 0.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Root 112000.0 0.53 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root 112000.0 0.02 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root 386000.0 -0.14 *
IRON 6 Root 1.5 7.3 -0.43 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 2820.0 -1.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 106.0 510.0 -1.09 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.1 0.6 -0.54 *
NIACIN 39 Root 0.0 -1.46 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 169.0 810.0 -0.48 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 2 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 4 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antiacne 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 *
Antiaging 3 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 3 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.