Plant Smilax officinalis (Smilacaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sarsaparilla

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALUMINUM	5	Root	157.0	745.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	13230.0	63000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	8.0	36.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	626.0	2980.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.4	1.7	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	3.0	14.2	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	4410.0	21000.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Root	not available	100000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Root	not available	380000.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	19.0	91.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	351.0	1670.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	1.2	5.7	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	372.0	1770.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2001.0	9530.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	14700.0	70000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SARSASAPOGENIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,4)-[ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL(1,6)]-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	80.0	not available	Bernardo, R. R., Pinto, A. V., Parente, J. P. 1996. Steroidal Saponins from Smilax officinalis. Phytochemistry, 43(2): 465-469.
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.7	3.1	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	3	Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th