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Common Names
Smooth Sumac
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Stem | 21000.0 | 67000.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Stem | 1.0 | 335.0 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Stem | 2.0 | 34.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Stem | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Stem | 2520.0 | 24790.0 | 0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-MALATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Stem | 0.0 | 10.1 | 0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Stem | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Stem | 0.6 | 20.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROFISETIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 87000.0 | 120000.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FISETIN | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Stem | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID-METHYLESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Stem | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Stem | 0.4 | 20.0 | -1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Stem | 147.0 | 4690.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Stem | 3.0 | 134.0 | -1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Stem | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidifier | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Acnegenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Additive | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Allergenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Analgesic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadrenalinic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiAGE | 1 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 1 | 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 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |