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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
NICKEL 3 Stem 0.0 6.7 -0.33 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Stem 126.0 2412.0 -0.07 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 1176.0 14740.0 -0.06 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 100000.0 -1.19 *
SELENIUM 60 Stem 0.0 0.3 -0.40 *
SODIUM 1 Stem 2.0 107.0 -0.58 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 4.0 670.0 1.00 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 270000.0 1.95 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.2 100.0 0.41 *
ZINC 77 Stem 3.0 208.0 1.36 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Stem 0.4 3.4 -0.44 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 *
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 *
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 *
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 *