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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Rhus glabra (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Smooth 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
ALUMINUM 5 Stem 2.0 1005.0 0.02 *
ASH 0 Stem 21000.0 67000.0 0.04 *
BARIUM 0 Stem 1.0 335.0 -0.89 *
BORON 4 Stem 2.0 34.0 0.18 *
CADMIUM 3 Stem 0.0 4.0 0.75 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem 2520.0 24790.0 0.66 *
CALCIUM-MALATE 0 Fruit *
CHROMIUM 24 Stem 0.0 10.1 0.61 *
COBALT 2 Stem 0.0 0.5 -0.69 *
COPPER 12 Stem 0.6 20.0 -0.55 *
DIHYDROFISETIN 3 Leaf *
FAT 0 Seed 87000.0 120000.0 -0.77 *
FISETIN 15 Leaf *
FLUORINE 0 Stem 0.0 0.1 -0.11 *
GALLIC-ACID-METHYLESTER 0 Plant *
IODINE 12 Stem 3.0 6.0 0.77 *
LEAD 0 Stem 0.4 20.0 -1.08 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem 147.0 4690.0 -0.03 *
MANGANESE 14 Stem 3.0 134.0 -1.12 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem 0.0 4.7 0.97 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Allergenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenalinic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) 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
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *