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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Liquidambar orientalis (Hamamelidaceae)

Common Names
Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax
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
3-EPIOLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALPHA-SITOSTEROL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALPHA-STORESIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BENZYL-CINNAMATE 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-STORESIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Resin, Exudate, Sap 20000.0 150000.0 -1.00 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL 3 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
CINNAMYL-CINNAMATE 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap 50000.0 100000.0 1.00 *
EO 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 5000.0 10000.0 -1.60 *
ETHANOL 24 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 2 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
MONOTROPEOSIDE 0 Plant *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
PHENYLETHYLENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
PHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
PHENYLPROPYL-CINNAMATE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 100000.0 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Plant *
STORESIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 330000.0 500000.0 *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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) 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 (View) Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 3 (View) Martindale's 28th
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anhydrotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 2 (View) *
Antibacterial 5 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 3 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) 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.