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
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Plant	0.0	0.4	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Stem	0.0	0.2	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	30.0	220.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Leaf	8.0	246.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Stem	6.0	840.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
STYRENE	3	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STYROCAMPHENE?	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Leaf	1.0	57.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Stem	0.1	36.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN	0	Leaf	1.0	5.7	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN	0	Stem	0.6	3.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Leaf	0.2	2.5	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Stem	0.1	2.4	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigoiter	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 198.
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	5	Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th