Plant Styrax benzoin (Styracaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Benzoin; Onycha; Styrax

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
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-CINNAMATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-BENZOATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-CINNAMATE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLPROPYL-CINNAMATE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STYRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUMARESINOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	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
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidrepanocytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *