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
CALCIUM	28	Stem	913.0	10360.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	1.0	2.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Stem	0.0	2.6	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMOLAURINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CITRAL	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COBALT	2	Stem	0.0	0.6	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COPAENE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COPPER	12	Leaf	1.6	102.0	2.05	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Stem	0.2	56.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
D-2,3-DIHYDROXY-1-(3,4-METHYLENDIOXYPHENYL)-PROPANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-CAMPHOR	0	Root	600.0	1200.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-PHELLANDRENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-SESAMIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	0.2	12.0	-0.41	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 *