Common Names
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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SILICON | 4 | Root | 2.0 | 8.8 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | 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. |
SMILAGENIN | 3 | 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. |
SMILASAPONIN | 0 | 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. |
SODIUM | 1 | Root | 4.4 | 21.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
SPIROSTANOLS | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
STARCH | 5 | Root | 52500.0 | 250000.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
STEROID SAPONINS | 0 | Root | 5000.0 | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
STIGMASTEROL | 12 | 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. |
THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.2 | 0.9 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
TIN | 4 | Root | 4.0 | 18.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
WATER | 0 | Root | not available | 790000.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
ZINC | 77 | Root | 0.5 | 2.6 | -0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Hypocholesterolemic | 7 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Hypoglycemic | 5 | 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 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypotensive | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunomodulator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunostimulant | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Myorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |