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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Resin, Exudate, Sap	50000.0	230000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-CINNAMATE	1	Resin, Exudate, Sap	50000.0	10000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Leaf	0.0	0.6	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Stem	0.0	3.6	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	2.8	164.0	3.75	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Stem	0.6	360.0	2.36	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	not available	800.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	150000.0	200000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL	24	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE	2	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	297000.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Stem	0.0	0.1	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Stem	3.0	6.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Leaf	1.2	8.2	-1.67	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Stem	0.6	18.0	0.29	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
Thyrotropic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Toxic	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
Tranquilizer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorilytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229