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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
DESMETHOXY-ASCHANTIN 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ELEMICIN 16 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Leaf 150.0 330.0 -0.99 *
EO 0 Root 10000.0 90000.0 3.58 *
EUGENOL 76 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Seed 119000.0 604000.0 1.78 *
GALLIUM 0 Leaf 0.0 0.3 -0.18 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Leaf 0.3 5.0 -0.43 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf 0.0 -0.37 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Leaf 0.2 7.2 -0.52 *
IRON 6 Leaf 33.0 1020.0 1.66 *
IRON 6 Stem 3.0 740.0 0.00 *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-MENTHONE 0 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEAD 0 Leaf 1.0 34.0 0.10 *
LEAD 0 Stem 0.1 37.0 -0.71 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 16.0 32.0 -0.41 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 27.0 87.0 -0.59 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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 *
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 *
Antiarrhythmic 3 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 6 *
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 *
Antibacterial 21 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 1 *
Anticancer 3 *
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 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.