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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Stem	0.2	57.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	280.0	5740.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Stem	200.0	8400.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Stem	14.0	2400.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICITRIN	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM	0	Leaf	2.8	16.4	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM	0	Stem	1.4	24.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	0.3	24.6	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Stem	0.0	18.0	1.58	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLPROPYL-CINNAMATE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	100000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	360.0	2952.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Stem	60.0	2880.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2800.0	18860.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Stem	260.0	33600.0	1.94	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	331000.0	not available	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 *