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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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (E,Z)-ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Leaf | 14.0 | 15.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf | 2.6 | 8.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (Z)-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Leaf | 40.0 | 85.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,6-GERMACRADIEN-5-OL | 0 | Leaf | 0.2 | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 0.0 | 1.6 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-ALLYL-1,2-(METHYLENEDIOXY)-BENZENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5-METHOXYEUGENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | not available | 200.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 8.4 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Leaf | 1.0 | 6.1 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 50.0 | 1360.0 | 0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinesidioblastosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |