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.
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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 *