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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Sarsaparilla; Jamaica Sarsaparilla; Honduran Sarsaparilla; Brown Sarsaparilla

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
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.

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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
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Hypoglycemic	1	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *