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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.4 25.0 -0.10 *
LEAD 0 Stem 0.2 57.0 -0.28 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 280.0 5740.0 0.62 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem 200.0 8400.0 1.53 *
MANGANESE 14 Stem 14.0 2400.0 0.85 *
MONOTROPEOSIDE 0 Plant *
MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MYRICITRIN 13 Leaf *
NEODYMIUM 0 Leaf 2.8 16.4 -0.63 *
NEODYMIUM 0 Stem 1.4 24.0 -0.31 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.3 24.6 0.11 *
NICKEL 3 Stem 0.0 18.0 1.58 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
PHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
PHENYLPROPYL-CINNAMATE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 100000.0 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 360.0 2952.0 -0.37 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Stem 60.0 2880.0 0.28 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2800.0 18860.0 -0.51 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 260.0 33600.0 1.94 *
PROTEIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 331000.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diuretic 6 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 *
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 2 *
Expectorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FEMA 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FLavor 8 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *