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Plant Liquidambar orientalis (Hamamelidaceae)

Common Names
Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 5 Balanehru, S. and Nagarajan, B. 1992. Intervention of Adriamycin Induced Free Radical Damage. Biochemistry International 28(4): 735-744, 1992.
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPGE2 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *