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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
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 9.4 21.0 0.25 *
(E,Z)-ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf 14.0 15.0 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 2.6 8.0 -0.70 *
(Z)-NEROLIDOL 0 Leaf 40.0 85.0 *
1,6-GERMACRADIEN-5-OL 0 Leaf 0.2 10.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 0.0 1.6 -0.53 *
4-ALLYL-1,2-(METHYLENEDIOXY)-BENZENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-METHOXYEUGENOL 0 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf 0.0 -1.00 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 200.0 -0.91 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Leaf 0.0 -0.20 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf 0.0 -0.36 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf 0.0 8.4 -0.45 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 1.0 6.1 -0.31 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root 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 *
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 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 0.0 -0.31 *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 50.0 1360.0 0.68 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticariogenic 5 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 1 *
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinesterase 1 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolic 1 *
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant 6 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.