Common Names
Sarsaparilla; Jamaica Sarsaparilla; Honduran Sarsaparilla; Brown Sarsaparilla
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Simpson, J. C. E., Williams, N. E. 1937. The Ether-Soluble Constituents of Sarsaparilla Root. Part I. J. Chem. Soc., 1937: 733-738. |
STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Simpson, J. C. E., Williams, N. E. 1937. The Ether-Soluble Constituents of Sarsaparilla Root. Part I. J. Chem. Soc., 1937: 733-738. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Antibacterial | 1 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiedemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Antifeedant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Antihepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antiinflammatory | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antileukemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |