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Plant Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Camphor; Ho Leaf
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-CAMPHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CAMPHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-OCIMENOL 0 Leaf not available 5.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 3120.0 6240.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYL-4,6-DI-O-METHYLPHLORACETOPHENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5-DIEN-3,7-DIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,7-DIEN-3,6-DIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-DODECANYL-4-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-2-CYCLOPENTENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BISABOLOL 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HEXANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available 5.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 140.0 280.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available 24.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 460.0 920.0 1.02 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 0.0 72.0 -0.59 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
Cicatrizant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 5 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Controlled 1 HerbalGram No. 20, page 15.
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Corrosive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *