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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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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
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 102.0 -0.26 *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.2 74.0 0.03 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Leaf 1.0 3.4 -1.00 *
VANADIUM 16 Leaf 0.2 3.4 -0.48 *
VANADIUM 16 Stem 0.1 2.6 0.71 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 10.0 136.0 0.31 *
ZINC 77 Stem 4.0 111.0 -0.08 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Leaf 0.7 10.2 -0.45 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Stem 0.2 5.5 -0.29 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antikeratotic 1 *
Antilaryngitic 1 *
Antileishmanic 2 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilithic 3 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiLyme 1 *
Antilymphomic 4 *
Antimaculitic 1 *
Antimalarial 3 *
Antimange 1 *
Antimanic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 2 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 *