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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
PIPERONYLACROLEIN 0 Root 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 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 1430.0 12580.0 -0.28 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 62000.0 23800.0 -1.87 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RESIN 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RETICULINE 10 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SABINENE 5 Leaf 0.0 0.3 -0.26 *
SAFRENE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SAFROLE 29 Leaf 0.0 -0.71 *
SAFROLE 29 Root 8000.0 81000.0 *
SCANDIUM 0 Leaf 0.0 0.7 -1.00 *
SCANDIUM 0 Stem 0.0 0.1 *
SILVER 3 Leaf 0.0 0.2 -0.87 *
STARCH 5 Plant 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 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 3.0 370.0 -0.25 *
TANNIN 35 Root 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 0.0 -0.34 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 0.0 0.6 -0.23 *
THUJONE 17 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 3 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 10 *
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigenotoxic 2 *
Antiglaucomic 1 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 *
Antiglycosuric 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.