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

Common Names
Camphor; Ho Leaf
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CAMPHENE 0 Plant *
(-)-CAMPHENE 0 Plant *
(-)-LINALOL 0 Plant *
(Z)-OCIMENOL 0 Leaf 5.0 -1.00 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 3120.0 6240.0 0.27 *
3,5-DIMETHYL-4,6-DI-O-METHYLPHLORACETOPHENONE 0 Plant *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5-DIEN-3,7-DIOL 0 Leaf *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,7-DIEN-3,6-DIOL 0 Leaf *
5-DODECANYL-4-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-2-CYCLOPENTENONE 0 Plant *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ALPHA-BISABOLOL 20 Plant *
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-HEXANAL 0 Plant *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 5.0 -0.31 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 140.0 280.0 -0.21 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 24.0 -0.30 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 460.0 920.0 1.02 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 0.0 72.0 -0.59 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 5 *
Hepatoregenerative 2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 12 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperthermic 1 HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypocholesterolemic 1 *
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 1 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypotensive 3 *
Hypothermic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.