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

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Sassafras

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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
(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
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	21	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.