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.
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
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	2	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Estrogenic	4	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Expectorant	9	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	37	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	27	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Fungitoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *