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

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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
PIPERONYLACROLEIN	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.
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	3960.0	21760.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Stem	1430.0	12580.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	62000.0	23800.0	-1.87	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RESIN	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.
RETICULINE	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SABINENE	5	Leaf	0.0	0.3	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SAFRENE	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.
SAFROLE	29	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Root	8000.0	81000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM	0	Leaf	0.0	0.7	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM	0	Stem	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Leaf	0.0	0.2	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
STRONTIUM	0	Leaf	2.0	680.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Stem	3.0	370.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	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.
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	0.0	0.6	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
THUJONE	17	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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 *