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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
Candidicide 5 Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardioprotective? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotonic 2 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Choleretic 5 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytotoxic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.