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

Plant Yucca baccata (Agavaceae)

Common Names
Spanish Bayonet, Yucca, Banana Yucca, Blue Yucca
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 (View) *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 (View) *
AntiCFS 3 (View) *
Anticheilitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 4 (View) *
Anticoeliac 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 (View) *
Anticolitic 2 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 2 (View) Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 4 (View) *
AntiCrohn's 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 (View) *