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
3-EPIOLEANOLIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SITOSTEROL	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	40.0	1230.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Stem	10.0	1800.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	40000.0	82000.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	52000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Stem	20000.0	120000.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Leaf	12.0	574.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Stem	10.0	1200.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-CINNAMATE	4	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Leaf	6.0	84.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Stem	2.0	60.0	2.03	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	3720.0	18860.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Stem	2400.0	42000.0	2.52	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	0.1	8.2	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Stem	0.0	3.6	-0.27	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
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antieczemic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	3	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *