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

Common Names
Sassafras
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 0.0 -0.19 *
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf 0.0 -0.25 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 1.0 2.0 -0.47 *
CHROMIUM 24 Stem 0.0 2.6 -0.41 *
CINNAMOLAURINE 0 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CITRAL 53 Leaf 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 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COPAENE 1 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COPPER 12 Leaf 1.6 102.0 2.05 *
COPPER 12 Stem 0.2 56.0 -0.24 *
D-2,3-DIHYDROXY-1-(3,4-METHYLENDIOXYPHENYL)-PROPANE 0 Root 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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-PHELLANDRENE 0 Leaf *
D-SESAMIN 0 Root 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 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunomodulator 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 2 *
Inflammatory 1 *
Insect-Repellent 1 *
Insecticide 9 *
Insecticide-Synergist 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 17 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 3 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Intoxicant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 20 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Lactagogue 1 *
Larvicide 5 *
Laxative 4 *
Leptingenic 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
Leucocytogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.