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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
3-EPIOLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALPHA-SITOSTEROL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 40.0 1230.0 0.54 *
ALUMINUM 5 Stem 10.0 1800.0 0.83 *
ASH 0 Leaf 40000.0 82000.0 -0.65 *
ASH 0 Seed 52000.0 0.12 *
ASH 0 Stem 20000.0 120000.0 2.26 *
BARIUM 0 Leaf 12.0 574.0 0.51 *
BARIUM 0 Stem 10.0 1200.0 0.56 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BENZYL-CINNAMATE 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Leaf *
BORON 4 Leaf 6.0 84.0 0.62 *
BORON 4 Stem 2.0 60.0 2.03 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 3720.0 18860.0 0.03 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem 2400.0 42000.0 2.52 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.1 8.2 0.05 *
CHROMIUM 24 Stem 0.0 3.6 -0.27 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiasthmatic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 13 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 3 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticariogenic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticataract 4 Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticephalagic 1 *
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.