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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
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
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 2 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic 1 *
Myorelaxant 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 2 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nephrotoxic 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
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Pancreatoxic 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
Paralytic 1 *
Paramecicide 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Perfumery 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 19 *
Phagocytotic 1 *