Smilax ornata
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Smilax ornata is a perennial trailing vine with prickly stems that is native to Mexico and Central America.[1] Common names include sarsaparilla,[2] Honduran sarsaparilla,[2] and Jamaican sarsaparilla.[2]
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Uses
Food
Smilax ornata is used as the basis for a soft drink known as sarsaparilla. It is also a primary ingredient in old fashioned-style licorice,[8] in conjunction with sassafras,[9] which was more widely available prior to studies of its potential health risks.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Traditional medicine
Smilax ornata was considered by Native Americans to have medicinal properties, and was a popular European treatment for syphilis when it was introduced from the New World.[10] From 1820 to 1910, it was registered in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia as a treatment for syphilis.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Chemical constituents gallery
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Triterpenes, a constituent of sarsaparilla
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Sarsaparilloside, a constituent of sarsaparilla
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Sarsaparilla R1, a constituent of sarsaparilla
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Sarsaparilla R2, a constituent of sarsaparilla
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Parillin, a constituent of sarsaparilla
See also
- Hemidesmus indicus, Indian sarsaparilla
- Aralia nudicaulis, wild sarsaparilla or false sarsaparilla
- Sweet sarsaparilla (Smilax glyciphylla), a vine native to eastern Australia[11]
References
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- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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- ↑ Sarsaparilla
- ↑ Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1–543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- ↑ Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
- ↑ Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(9-11): 1–337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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External links
- Whatever happened to the soft drink sarsaparilla? Cecil Adams, 1977