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
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 *