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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Stem | 6.0 | 740.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| APIOLE | 20 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| AROMADENDRENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASARONE | 15 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 33000.0 | 68000.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Leaf | 10.0 | 204.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Stem | 6.0 | 370.0 | -0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 30.0 | 90.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | 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. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 0.1 | 2.4 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 11.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BOLDINE | 29 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BORON | 4 | Leaf | 2.0 | 48.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Stem | 1.0 | 26.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2607.0 | 17680.0 | -0.05 | 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. |