Plant Styrax benzoin (Styracaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Benzoin, Onycha, Styrax

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-CINNAMATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-BENZOATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-CINNAMATE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLPROPYL-CINNAMATE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STYRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUMARESINOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	5 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	3 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	3 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial)	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer)	Duke, 1992 *
Antidrepanocytic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antidrepanocytic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiescherichic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiinflammatory)	Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antilactobacillic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1 (View Chemicals list for Antilisteria)	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antimutagenic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antiotitic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiotitic)	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	1 (View Chemicals list for Antioxidant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antipeptic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1 (View Chemicals list for Antipolio)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antipyretic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antipyretic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiradicular)	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1 (View Chemicals list for Antisalmonella)	Duke, 1992 *