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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STORESIN-CINNAMATE | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STYRACIN | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 50000.0 | 100000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STYRENE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STYROL | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN | 28 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 150000.0 | 300000.0 | 0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perfumery | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Piscicide | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychotropic | 1 | 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. |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Sclerosant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Sedative | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Surfactant | 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. |
| Teratogenic | 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. |
| Tremorilytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |