Plant Sassafras albidum (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sassafras

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
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	9.4	21.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z)-ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Leaf	14.0	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	2.6	8.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-NEROLIDOL	0	Leaf	40.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,6-GERMACRADIEN-5-OL	0	Leaf	0.2	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	0.0	1.6	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
4-ALLYL-1,2-(METHYLENEDIOXY)-BENZENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-METHOXYEUGENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	not available	200.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf	0.0	8.4	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	1.0	6.1	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	0.1	5.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Root	1000.0	2000.0	0.22	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Leaf	0.0	8.9	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	50.0	1360.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	6	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphetaminagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *