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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
ALUMINUM 5 Stem 6.0 740.0 -0.25 *
ANETHOLE 36 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
APIOLE 20 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf 0.0 -0.62 *
ASARONE 15 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Leaf 33000.0 68000.0 -0.90 *
ASH 0 Seed 24000.0 26000.0 -0.66 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Stem 11000.0 37000.0 -1.22 *
BARIUM 0 Leaf 10.0 204.0 -0.49 *
BARIUM 0 Stem 6.0 370.0 -0.83 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 30.0 90.0 -0.29 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 0.0 -0.46 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 0.1 2.4 -0.43 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf 0.0 11.0 -0.41 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BOLDINE 29 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BORON 4 Leaf 2.0 48.0 -0.36 *
BORON 4 Stem 1.0 26.0 -0.39 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2607.0 17680.0 -0.05 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigranular 1 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 1 *
Antihelicobacter 2 *
Antihepatotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 *
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 4 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiHIV 2 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 4 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinflammatory 16 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 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