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Botanical Name |
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Styrax benzoin Dryand. |
English
Name |
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Benzoin |
Family |
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Styracaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A tree, twenty to forty feet high, covered with a soft and whitish bark. Leaves alternate, oblong, smooth above, downy beneath, entire. The flowers are pendulous, with a white 5-10-lobed corolla, produced 3-30 together on open or dense panicles 5-25 cm long. The fruit is an oblong dry drupe, smooth with no ribs or narrow wings. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antibacterial, antiinflammatory, antiseptic, antiviral, aphrodisiac, carminative, deodorant, diuretic, expectorant, immunostimulant, laxative, sedative, stimulant, vermifuge. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Benzaldehyde, coniferyl-benzoate (plant); benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, vanillin (resin, exudate, sap) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Benzaldehyde |
100-52-7 |
benzaldehyde |
C7H6O |
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| Benzoic acid |
8013-63-6 |
benzoic acid |
C7H6O2 |
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| Cinnamic acid |
63938-16-9 |
3-phenylprop-2-enoic
acid |
C9H8O2 |
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| Vanillin |
8014-42-4 |
4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
benzaldehyde |
C8H8O3 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Used in the treatment of asthma, bronchosis, cancer, catarrh, colic, constipation, corn, cough, cramp, dermatosis, enterosis, gout, immunodepression, laryngosis, nervousness, rheumatism, stomachache, stroke and ulcer. |
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