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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
AZULENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available 5.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HEXANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Leaf 60.0 120.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 140.0 280.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf 0.0 290.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CADINADIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADINENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHAZULENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available 5.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 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
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 *