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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 14 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antiperiodontitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiplasmodial | 2 | Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp. |
| AntiPMS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipyretic | 5 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antiradicular | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |