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Common Names
Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-EPIOLEANOLIC-ACID | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SITOSTEROL | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-STORESIN | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-CINNAMATE | 4 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-STORESIN | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 20000.0 | 150000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-CINNAMATE | 1 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 50000.0 | 100000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 5000.0 | 10000.0 | -1.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHANOL | 24 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONOTROPEOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLETHYLENE | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLPROPYL-CINNAMATE | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | 100000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STORESIN | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 330000.0 | 500000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Abortifacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | 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 | 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 | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Analgesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anhydrotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 5 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |