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

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
VITISPIRANE 0 Leaf *
WATER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 150000.0 300000.0 0.80 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Leaf 0.1 24.6 2.31 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Stem 0.0 0.8 -0.38 *
YTTRIUM 0 Leaf 0.2 24.6 1.14 *
YTTRIUM 0 Stem 0.1 18.0 1.99 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 12.0 98.0 0.07 *
ZINC 77 Stem 4.0 240.0 1.84 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Plant 2.0 5.0 1.01 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Anxiolytic 5 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Apoptotic 3 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 10 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive? 1 *
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 *