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Plant Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae)

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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 19 Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993.
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 4 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 27 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.