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

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
CNS-Depressant	1	Martindale's 28th
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FEMA	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FLavor	6	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Herbicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.