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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Rhus copallina (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Dwarf Sumac; Winged Sumac
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
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem 375.0 4270.0 -0.21 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 8.0 480.0 0.34 *
MANGANESE 14 Stem 7.0 915.0 -0.44 *
MOLBDENUM 0 Leaf 0.0 1.4 1.00 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem 0.0 0.5 -0.61 *
NEODYMIUM 0 Leaf 1.8 28.8 1.67 *
NEODYMIUM 0 Stem 1.7 18.0 -1.04 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.0 6.7 -0.29 *
NICKEL 3 Stem 0.0 6.0 -0.44 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 243.0 3456.0 -0.28 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Stem 75.0 1464.0 -0.78 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2700.0 29760.0 -0.03 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 1300.0 20740.0 0.58 *
SCANDIUM 0 Plant 0.0 1.0 *
STRONTIUM 0 Leaf 13.0 288.0 -0.88 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 12.0 427.0 -0.01 *
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 0.5 144.0 -0.08 *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.5 43.0 -0.44 *
VANADIUM 16 Leaf 0.1 4.8 -0.25 *
VANADIUM 16 Stem 0.0 1.8 -0.07 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 3 *
Antiarthritic 5 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticanker 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 *
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.