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

Common Names

American Styrax; Sweetgum

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
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Plant	0.0	0.4	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Stem	0.0	0.2	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	30.0	220.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Leaf	8.0	246.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Stem	6.0	840.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
STYRENE	3	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STYROCAMPHENE?	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Leaf	1.0	57.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Stem	0.1	36.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN	0	Leaf	1.0	5.7	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN	0	Stem	0.6	3.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Leaf	0.2	2.5	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Stem	0.1	2.4	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic	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	3	Martindale's 28th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	6	Duke, 1992 *