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.
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
LEAD	0	Leaf	0.4	25.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Stem	0.2	57.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	280.0	5740.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Stem	200.0	8400.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Stem	14.0	2400.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICITRIN	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM	0	Leaf	2.8	16.4	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM	0	Stem	1.4	24.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	0.3	24.6	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Stem	0.0	18.0	1.58	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	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 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	360.0	2952.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Stem	60.0	2880.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2800.0	18860.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Stem	260.0	33600.0	1.94	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	331000.0	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
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiviral	8	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent	3	Martindale's 29th
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	10	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *