Levant storax

N.A. Liquidambar orientalis Mill. L. styraciflua L. Levant storax cinnamic acid, cinnamyl cinnamate, phenylprepyl cinnamate, triterpene acid.99 Internally for strokes, infantile convulsions, coma, heart disease, and pruritus. 

Storax, Slyrax sweet oriental gum. Balsam obtained from the trunk of Liquidambar orieniaiis Mill., known as Levant Storax, Or of L. styraclflua L., known as American Storax (family Hamametidaceae). HabU. Levant storax is native to Asia Minor. American storax is produced chiefly... 

Semiliquid, grayish, sticky, opaque mass (Levant storax) or a semisolid, sometimes solid mass softened by warming (American storax). Storax is transparent in thin layers, has characteristic taste and odor, and is denser than water. Insol in water almost completely sol in I part warm alcohol, ether, acetone, carbon disulfide. 

American storax and Levant storax are reported to contain similar constituents in highly variable concentrations, including free cinnamic acid (5-15%), 5-10% styracin (cinna-myl cinnamate), about 10% phenylpropyl cinnamate, a resin (storesin) consisting of triterpenic acids (oleanolic and 3-epioleanolic acids) and their cinnamic acid esters, and a volatile oil. The volatile oil present in Levant storax is usually less than 1%, but that in American storax has been reported to range from less than 7% to over 20% (arctander ... 

Levant storax is used in Chinese medicine for similar purposes as is American storax in the West. In addition, it is used in treating epilepsy. Both American storax and Levant storax have been used in cancers. ... 

American and Levant storax, purified storax, oil, and extracts (e.g., resinoid). Storax is official in U.S.P. purified storax was formerly official in U.S.P. According to arctander, storax oil and storax resinoid have been frequently adulterated. 

Storax oil, levant Liquidambar orientalis Balsam SD Esters of cinnamic acid... 

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