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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CAMPHERENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHERENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Leaf	96.0	220000.0	4.68	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHORACENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHORENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHORENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRONALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMONOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-2-VINYL-5-HDROXYTETRAHYDROFURAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Leaf	not available	24.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLIC-ACID	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRESOL	5	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
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	3	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Larvistat	1	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.
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	3	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 29th