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
Antiosteoporotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	2	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	4	Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	2	Duke, 1992 *