Plant Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Camphor; Ho Leaf

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	35.0	70.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	0.0	600.0	2.21	Duke, 1992 *
GUAJAZULENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIOTROPIN	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HINOKIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOTRIENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUNENOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOKININ	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOKIOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUROLITSIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Plant	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
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	15	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	13	Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	4	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *